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Joe Rogan Falsely Claims COVID-19 Vaccines Caused Hundreds of Thousands of U.S. Deaths
What happened: Joe Rogan resurfaced a debunked claim about COVID-19 vaccine deaths in his May 21 podcast episode, racking up millions of views and reigniting the claim across social media accounts and websites.
Related Knowledge Center: Fact-checking and its detractors
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Fact-checking has become a familiar tool for political reporters to hold office-holders and candidates accountable. But critics ask if fact-checkers sometimes miss the forest for the trees, and if the practice often struggles with false equivalency the way conventional political coverage does.