Lies

lies Nov. 28, 2023

Sandy Hook Families Offer to Settle Alex Jones’s DebtThey’ve proposed he pay $85 million over ten years, rather than the $1.5 billion he owes.

By Claire Lampen

power May 11, 2023

Trump Still Claims He Doesn’t Know E. JeanEven though he owes her $5 million for defamation and sex abuse.

By Claire Lampen

controversial pescatarians Feb. 8, 2022

Mayor Confirms Explosive Fish-Eating Allegations“I am perfectly imperfect, and have occasionally eaten fish.”

By Rachel Sugar

web of lies Dec. 17, 2021

An Exhaustive List of Everyone Who Lied About the Spider-Man: No Way Home CastAnd you would do it too for a check!

By Jennifer Zhan

vision 2020 Aug. 28, 2020

The Big Liar Ends the RNC With Big Lies About Himself and BidenTrump ended the convention as it began — with efforts to salvage his record, make out Biden as a radical, frighten suburbanites, and ignore COVID-19.

By Ed Kilgore

lies June 17, 2020

Cops and the Culture WarThere’s an old purpose behind the milkshake lie.

By Sarah Jones

kylie fib kit May 29, 2020

Kylie Jenner’s Billionaire Status Questioned by ForbesShe then called out the report’s “inaccurate statements and unproven assumptions.”

By Rebecca Alter

donald trump Sept. 4, 2019

What If Trump Supporters Love Chaos as Much as He Does?There’s new evidence that a significant number of Trump supporters love the man precisely for his destructive, nihilistic, and mendacious ways.

By Ed Kilgore

donald trump May 22, 2019

The Taxpayer Tab for Trump’s Golf Outings Tops $100 Million: ReportThe guy who said he wouldn’t play golf as president appears to have lied.

By Adam K. Raymond

lies Apr. 22, 2019

Sarah Sanders Lies About Reporter Who Called for Her to Be Fired for LyingNo, April Ryan does not want Sarah Sanders to be decapitated.

By Adam K. Raymond

the crime scene Jan. 23, 2019

I Write Fiction About Border Crime, But Unlike Trump I Tell the Truth.The author of the Cartel trilogy reflects on depicting brutal border violence while Trump exploits it politically.

By Don Winslow

the kavanaugh hearings Oct. 3, 2018

Former Classmate ‘Shocked’ Kavanaugh Said ‘Devil’s Triangle’ Wasn’t About SexBrett Kavanaugh’s former classmate Jaime Roche told Anderson Cooper that he was shocked when Kavanaugh said it was a drinking game.

By Opheli Garcia Lawler

lies Sept. 6, 2018

Report: Trump’s Inauguration Pics Were Edited to Make the Crowd Look BiggerIt was a simpler time.

By Adam K. Raymond

lies Aug. 15, 2018

Sarah Sanders’s Correction of Jobs Stats Felt Rare Because It WasThe White House is fond of demanding corrections, but it doesn’t often issue them.

By Adam K. Raymond

the criterion collection July 17, 2018

Steven Soderbergh: Those Bad ’90s Movies Were Necessary for My Development“In my mind, this was all part of the process that I had to go through.”

By Nate Jones

May 24, 2018

GOP Primary Loser Chided for Not Getting Over Smears Like Trump’s Rivals DidIf Lyin’ Ted Cruz and “nutjob” Lindsey Graham could forgive Trump, other Republicans should grin and bear it, too.

By Ed Kilgore

Apr. 5, 2018

President Trump Claims California’s Elections Are Illegitimate“In many places, like California, the same person votes many times … Not a conspiracy theory, folks. Millions and millions of people.”

By Eric Levitz

Aug. 9, 2017

Trump Says He ‘Modernized’ America’s Nuclear Arsenal in 6 MonthsMeanwhile, Sebastian Gorka announces that we’re living through a modern Cuban Missile Crisis, and so all criticism of the president must cease.

By Eric Levitz

June 26, 2017

A Beginner’s Guide to Calling BSIt’s a basic life skill we all need these days.

By Thomas MacMillan

June 21, 2017

When It Comes to Spotting a Lie, Maybe Trust Your Gut Over Your BrainResearch shows that all the tricks about watching eye contact and body language are no match for your intuition.

By Cari Romm

June 8, 2017

Trump Is Not Going to Win a Personal Credibility Contest With James ComeyComey’s Senate testimony leads inevitably to a he-said/he-said dispute over facts. Trump’s lawyer took the bait in responding.

By Ed Kilgore

May 5, 2017

House Republicans Have a Simple Strategy to Defend the Health-Care Bill: Lying▶️ Who needs the truth?

By Jonathan Chait and Christine Nguyen

lies Apr. 26, 2017

Madonna Calls Biopic ‘Lies and Exploitation,’ Doesn’t Know Her Own Origin StoryLet’s do some fact-checking.

By Dee Lockett

Mar. 30, 2017

People Don’t Mind Lying If They Think It’s for a Good CauseThe psychology of “blue lies,” or deception that benefits a group.

By Jessica Brown

Mar. 27, 2017

Fox News Tweets That Trump Was Working When He Was Actually at His Golf CourseA weird news alert.

By Caroline Bankoff

Mar. 23, 2017

The Right Spreads Baseless Lie That Nunes Just Validated Trump’s Baseless LiesEven if the House Intelligence Chair’s allegations are true, they do not remotely vindicate the president’s “wiretap” claims.

By Eric Levitz

Jan. 27, 2017

Pence Vows Full Evaluation of Voter Rolls in Leaked Audio of Private MeetingThe vice-president isn’t going to let a total lack of evidence get in the way of a perfectly good voter-fraud investigation.

By Eric Levitz

Jan. 23, 2017

In White House Press Briefing, Sean Spicer Declares Intention to ‘Never Lie’But Trump and his team are “frustrated” and “demoralized” by media negativity, he said.

By Adam K. Raymond

Jan. 23, 2017

Your Brain Gives Up When Discerning Truth From Lies Gets Too HardA rather bleak forecast for the next four years.

By Melissa Dahl

what is truth anyways Jan. 5, 2017

The Debate Over Whether Trump’s False Statements Are ‘Lies’ Is a Red HerringIt’s impossible to know what’s going on in Donald Trump’s head when he says something crazy, and it isn’t worth arguing about.

By Jesse Singal

Dec. 28, 2016

Donald Trump’s War Against FactsHis falsehoods seem intended to deny the possibility of truth. When he takes the oath, that practice will become policy.

By Justin Davidson

steaming piles of bullshit Dec. 6, 2016

Texas Is Handing Out an Abortion Booklet That’s Full of MisinformationMisinformational material.

By Susan Rinkunas

select all Oct. 17, 2016

Right-Wing Media Reports: Anonymous Twitter Guy Is Committing Election FraudA completely true story from Twitter.

By Brian Feldman

Oct. 7, 2016

If Only Kids Knew How Bad Adults Are at Spotting Their LiesThis would’ve been nice to know a little earlier in life.

By Melissa Dahl

biopicked Sept. 24, 2016

Julia Roberts to Star in True-Crime Film FramedThe strange case of Kelli Peters is coming to the big screen.

By Halle Kiefer

Sept. 21, 2016

When Trump Lies, Reporters Should Say So. Even If It Makes Them Look ‘Biased.’The New York Times public editor seems to disagree.

By Eric Levitz

last night on late night Sept. 20, 2016

Stephen Colbert Goes After Trump’s BirtherismNo, Donald Trump did not end the birther “controversy.” He started it.

By Jackson McHenry

June 15, 2016

Donald Trump Suggests President Obama Supports ISIS (Again)Trump retweets a supporter’s claim that the GOP nominee was “right” to question Obama’s commitment to defeating ISIS — and he has the documents to prove it.

By Eric Levitz

extremely convenient studies Apr. 28, 2016