PolitiFact's 2025 Lie of the Year

About this episode

Katie Sanders reveals PolitiFact's 2025 Lie of the Year in this episode.

For the 17th year, the country's most respected fact-checking website names the "Lie of the Year". PolitiFact's Editor-in-Chief, Katie Sanders, unveils the surprising choice in this exclusive episode of The Poynter Report. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Jones

Guest: Katie Sanders

Topics covered

• fact-checking
• politics
• media
• disinformation
• truth
• lie of the year

Keywords

• PolitiFact
• Lie of the Year
• fact-checking
• politics
• disinformation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PolitiFact

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