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Michigan Rep. Matt Maddock wants to register fact-checkers Anthony Izaguirre and David Eggert Associated Press LANSING — A Michigan Republican known for challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election has turned his attention to those who fact-check the claims of public officials. State Rep. Matt Maddock this week introduced the "Fact Checker Registration Act," which would force journalists and others who perform fact checks to register with the state and insure themselves with a $...

Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan Republican known for challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election has turned his attention to those who fact-check the claims of public officials. State Rep. Matt Maddock this week introduced the “Fact Checker Registration Act,” which would force journalists and others who perform fact checks to register with the state and insure themselves with a $1 million fidelity bond. His legislation also would fine fact checkers $1,000 e...

May 13, 2021 LANSING (AP) — A Michigan Republican known for challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election has turned his attention to those who fact-check the claims of public officials. State Rep. Matt Maddock this week introduced the “Fact Checker Registration Act,” which would force journalists and others who perform fact checks to register with the state and insure themselves with a $1 million fidelity bond. His legislation also would fine fact checkers $1,000 every day th...

Michigan Republican wants to create register for fact checkers and journalists By David Eggert and Anthony Izaguirre Published  GOP Rep. Matt Maddock LANSING, Mich. - A Michigan Republican known for challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election has turned his attention to those who fact-check the claims of public officials. State Rep. Matt Maddock this week introduced the "Fact Checker Registration Act," which would force journalists and others who perform fact checks to register ...

Michigan State Republican lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require "fact-checkers" to complete a registration process with the state and be subject to fines for possibly reporting inaccurate findings. According to the proposed bill, House Bill 4813, with HB 4814, would be geared tow...

A Michigan House Republican who has frequently questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election is backing legislation that would create a state registry of “fact checkers.” The legislation, House Bill 4813, is sponsored by Rep. Matt Maddock, R-Milford. Maddock was one of more than a dozen state representatives who signed onto an unsuccessful federal lawsuit from the state of Texas claiming ...

MI Lawmaker Caught Spreading Falsehoods Introduces Bills to Punish Fact Checkers Michigan State Rep. Matt Maddock is a lead sponsor of legislation that would require fact checkers to register with the state and face possible fines for improper findings. Michigan House Republicans Michigan state Republican lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday that would require news organizations that produce fact-checked articles to register with the state. Under the legislation, if state officials deem ...

Font Size The attack on the conservative internet has reached a new low. Poynter, the journalism institute responsible for training writers and reporters, decided to promote a left-wing smear of conservative groups online. The result was a hit job written by someone who works for the anti-conservative Southern Poverty Law Center for a journalism organization funded by prominent liberal billionaires such as George Soros and Pierre Omidyar. Poynter, which has started the Internation...

View Comments Lansing — A Michigan lawmaker whos been at the center of efforts to question the 2020 election introduced a bill Tuesday that would require "fact checkers" to register with the state. Rep. Matt Maddock, R-Milford, wrote the legislation, which was co-sponsored by eight other Republican House members, about five months after Maddock floated the idea of licensing fact checkers on Twitter. The "Fact Checker Registration Act" defines a fact checker as someone who publishes in print ...