Michigan was a hotbed for election-related misinformation: Here are 17 key fact checks

[demmiblue]

The Detroit Free Press, in partnership with PolitiFact, a nonprofit news organization, fact-checked dozens of claims related to the election last week.

Ahead of the election, misinformation experts said a flood of inaccurate information intended to sow doubt in the legitimacy of the election process and its outcome would follow the election. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said during a news conference the week before the election that she also expected an increase in misinformation.

These predictions panned out, and Michigan has been no stranger to election-related falsehoods seen and shared by thousands of users online.

This is a look at our key fact checks debunking election-related misinformation in the Great Lakes State.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/11/09/misinformation-michigan-16-election-related-fact-checks/6194128002/

[underpants]

1. MICHIGAN. Funny how all the conspiracies are about a state

that really wasn’t that close at all.