Factchecking the whistleblower complaint
Sep 23, 2019•15 min
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Episode description
The last week has been dominated by news of a whistleblower complaint alleging President Donald Trump made a promise to a Ukrainian leader. We factchecked some responses to this story.
Plus: A $2.2 billion valuation for the company that provides background checks to the gig economy; a revived conspiracy theory about Jussie Smollett, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris; and issues with a popular statistic on transgender youth.
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