Sam Howard Journalist Profile

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No, Harvard Didn’t Correct Education Secretary’s Letter

6 days ago | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Sarah Komar |Sofia Rubinson |Eva Maitland |Sam Howard

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With Canadian News Outlets Barred from Facebook and Instagram, Bad Actors Are Filling the Void with Election Misinformation

2 weeks ago | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Sam Howard |Nicole Dirks

By Sam Howard and Nicole DirksAs Canada approaches its first federal election since Meta barred the nation's news outlets from sharing content on its platforms, users on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads have filled the void with false claims — mostly targeting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, a NewsGuard analysis found. Since March 2025, NewsGuard has identified eight false claims related to the Canadian election, seven of them targeting Carney and another conveying false polling results.
Vaccines Falsely Blamed for Measles Outbreak

2 months ago | newsguardrealitycheck.com | John Gregory |Sam Howard |Sofia Rubinson |Nicole Dirks

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Russian Operative Reveals Plans to Target Western AI

2 months ago | newsguardrealitycheck.com | McKenzie Sadeghi |Macrina Wang |Sam Howard |Gordon Crovitz

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Hoaxsters Take Advantage of D.C. Plane Crash

Jan 31, 2025 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Sofia Rubinson |Sam Howard |Sarah Komar |John Gregory

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2025 Southern California Wildfire Misinformation Tracker

Jan 10, 2025 | newsguardtech.com | Sam Howard

MYTH: FEMA paid for 100 percent of the immediate recovery efforts for the 2025 California fires, but did not do so in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene The False NarrativeThe FEMA aid package offered in response to California’s January 2025 wildfire — funding 100 percent of debris removal and emergency measures — was not provided to North Carolina after the state was hit by Hurricane Helene in September 2024.
Sorry, Bluesky, But These Major Brands Are Not Fleeing X

Dec 6, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Coalter Palmer |Sam Howard |Dimitris Dimitriadis |Nicole Dirks

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Fake Economist Cover Used by Russia to Create WWIII Fears

Nov 22, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Eva Maitland |Sofia Rubinson |Gordon Crovitz |Sam Howard

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Fake Claims of Elon Musk’s Latest Acquisitions

Nov 18, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Natalie Adams |Sofia Rubinson |Coalter Palmer |Sam Howard

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Musk’s Starlink Falsely Accused of Election Rigging

Nov 15, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Sam Howard |Sarah Komar |Eva Maitland |Chiara Vercellone

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