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Brad Sylvester

Brad Sylvester is an investigative journalist for independent news and media organizations in the United States. Sylvester spends time fact-checking claims for the Daily Caller and is a Fordham graduate.

Politics

FACT CHECK: Did Trump Really Promise To Win 100 Percent Of The Black Vote In 2020 Re-election?

Brad Sylvester Mar 17, 2019

Katy Tur in April 2017 during a discussion on the state of the news media where she discussed trust in media needs to be built from the ground up and needs to be taught and reinforced in children saying that people cannot read only the…

Economy

FACT CHECK: Did The National Debt Really Double Under Obama?

Brad Sylvester Feb 26, 2019

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump claimed Feb. 15 that former President Barack Obama “put on more debt on this country than every president in the history of our country combined.” Verdict: True Public debt more than…

Society

TRUE: Daily Caller’s Brad Sylvester Fact Checks Statements in Meme by Dianne Feinstein and Joe…

Brad Sylvester Feb 11, 2019

WASHINGTON - The conservative Turning Point USA posted a meme on Facebook of a quote purportedly from Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein about her stance on gun control. …

Politics

FACT CHECK: Would Trump’s Border Wall Really Cost Just 1/10th Of 1% Of The Federal Budget or…

Brad Sylvester Jan 18, 2019

WASHINGTON - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claimed on “Face the Nation” Sunday that the money requested by President Donald Trump to fund a border wall is equal to “1/10th of 1 percent of the federal budget.” Verdict: True …

U.S. News

FACT CHECK: Crisis Indeed, “Every Week, 300 Citizens Killed by Heroin”

Brad Sylvester Jan 10, 2019

B-Roll of CBP Heroin and Meth Seizure at the Port of San Luis, AZ, Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs - Visual Communications Division WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump claimed in…