Gigafact is a nonprofit technology and information company working with newsrooms to correct misinformation. As part of our partnership, AZCIR will produce fact briefs to address statements about recent events or policies circulating online, deeming the claims accurate or inaccurate and providing documentation to back up our calls.
We’ll use this platform to push back on mis- and disinformation, publishing several fact briefs per week. This work isn’t about political opinions or clickbait, but rather providing fact-based, neutral analyses to help clarify topics that are important to our state and nation.
By adding these fact briefs to our existing investigative journalism, we can reach readers in new ways, often in a more timely and responsive manner.
Yes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a project by ASARCO (American Smelting and Refining Company), a U.S. subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, to support its copper mine operation south of State Route 177 in Pinal County, which includes a tailings storage facility.
No. Arizona officials say there are no plans to build a “Sharia compound” called “Qatar City” in the state. The land in question, 6,354 acres near the southwest corner of the I-17 and Loop 303 in Phoenix, is part of a planned residential development called NorthPark.
No. An analysis of Arizona Department of Education records by 12News found that about 22% of Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) purchases were for prohibited, non-educational items, suggesting misspending rates higher than the often-cited 0.001%.
Yes. Arizona has thousands of extinct volcanoes across seven volcanic fields. The San Francisco Volcanic Field in northern Arizona alone has produced more than 600 volcanoes, including Sunset Crater and the San Francisco Peaks.
