Joedy is a fact-check reporter for USA Today. He previously reported for WNCN-TV and CBS17.com in Raleigh, North Carolina, after spending 17 years as a reporter for The Associated Press. He is a West Virginia native and a graduate of West Virginia University and Northwestern University.
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My Recent Work
'Typical behavior': What to know from the Hillary Clinton deposition
Viral claim 6% of federal workers work in person is wrong | Fact check
Trump admin continues to purge federal workforce: What to know
No, Luigi Mangione didn't post quote tied to Napoleon | Fact check
Clip of supposed Air Force One escort from video game | Fact check
No proof of supposed Jeff Bezos plan to buy X from Musk | Fact check
DOGE told IRS to audit members of Congress? Not true | Fact check
Image shows Delta pilot 'Jonathan Simpson'? No, that's AI | Fact check
No proof Musk ordered drug tests for all federal workers | Fact check
'Counterfeit' Ashley St. Clair post mentions baby's DNA | Fact check
Post misrepresents 2019 survey results about Trump as new | Fact check
Satire behind claim USAID gave Malia Obama $2 million | Fact check
Denmark offered $1 trillion for California? Not true | Fact check
CNBC headline about Luigi Mangione dying isn't real | Fact check
This Trump post about Chiefs, 'DEI nonsense' is not real | Fact check
Clip shows British comic, not 'Nigerian president' | Fact check
Parody account behind claim of Pentagon's sushi spending | Fact check
False claim Denmark announced '500% tariffs' on Ozempic | Fact check
Elon Musk post doctored to add threat to Trump critics | Fact check
False claim video shows January earthquake in Taiwan | Fact check
Digging into Trump's DEI comments after DC plane crash | In context
Doctored image shows ICE arresting man in pro-Trump shirt | Fact check
This JFK document referencing Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton is a fabrication | Fact check
Judge struck down Biden's pardons? No, that's satire | Fact check
No, troops in this clip are not headed to southern border | Fact check
No record of Trump ordering cuts over 'LGBTQ activism' | Fact check
Trump birthright citizenship order won't affect VP's wife | Fact check
Mark Cuban didn't move company from Texas to California | Fact check
No, California didn't block fire trucks from Oregon | Fact check
Fact-checking claims about the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles
AI behind Taylor Swift clip blaming fires on Israel aid | Fact check
Post presents fabricated image of LA fire damage as real | Fact check No, California didn't block fire trucks from Oregon | Fact check
No 'looters' in this viral LA fires video | Fact check
Fact-checking the LA wildfires: What's true and what's not
Image doctored to show Hollywood Sign surrounded by fire | Fact check
No, Pentagon didn't pay MrBeast 'to get kids to enlist' | Fact check
Claim about Trump facing prison time lacks context | Fact check
Claim of Elon Musk buying ABC started as satire | Fact check
No plan from UN to imprison misinformation spreaders | Fact check
No link between drones, missing radioactive material | Fact check
Claim of pride flag ban at FIFA event is stolen satire | Fact check
Crashed drone? No, that's a TIE fighter replica | Fact check
Image altered to attribute post about raw food to RFK Jr. | Fact check
Headline doctored to say suspect praise is 'anti-Israeli' | Fact check
Photo of 'McLovin' fake ID edited to add Luigi Mangione | Fact check
No, slain CEO was not scheduled to testify against Pelosi | Fact check
This Elon Musk post about insurance companies is not real | Fact check
False claim Jimmy Kimmel said he'd end his show Jan. 20 | Fact check
This video does not show Dec. 5 earthquake in California | Fact check