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Get your tickets for United Facts of America now! Dear PolitiFact reader, We need a reality check. Facts are indispensable, and yet it feels as if we can't agree on what's true in politics, health information or public life.  That's why PolitiFact has put together United Facts of America. This festival of facts is a four-day, virtual event next week, May 10-13, that will focus on facts and truth. As a registered guest, you'll have the chance to hear from Dr. Anthony Fauci, CNN's Christiane Amanpour and Brian Stelter, Dr. Daniel B. Fagbuyi, The Atlantic's Derek Thompson, NBC News' Brandy Zadrozny, author Steven Hassan, Georgia elections official Gabriel Sterling and U.S. Sen. Mark Warner. With the date fast-approaching, we decided to make it easier for loyal PolitiFact readers like you to attend. You can use the promo code "FACTS2021" for $15 off the ticket as a way to celebrate our newly announced guest! (Be sure to click on the blue "Enter Promo Code" link when you go to select your ticket.) We attached a draft version of the schedule below, but don't worry, we're recording sessions in case you can't attend each one live. GET TICKETS Thank you so much for your support of facts and independent fact-checking. We can't wait to see you on May 10!   Truly, Aaron Sharockman Executive Director PolitiFact GET TICKETS Each day of the festival features more than two hours of lively, thoughtful conversations about facts. Days are broken down by theme: democracy, COVID-19, technology and culture. More speakers will be added as they are confirmed. Monday, May 10: Facts and Democracy General program: 3-5:15 p.m Eastern time VIP experience: 5:25-6:30 p.m. Heaven Taylor-Wynn, MediaWise multimedia reporter, interviews Katie Sanders, Managing Editor of PolitiFact; Glenn Kessler, editor and chief writer of the Washington Post's Fact Checker; Linda Qiu, fact-check reporter at The New York Times; and Eugene Kiely, director of FactCheck.org. PolitiFact founder Bill Adair discusses the creation of PolitiFact in 2007 with the original PolitiFact team. Tia Mitchell, Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, interviews Gabriel Sterling, the Georgia elections official at the center of countering misinformation surrounding the 2020 election in his state. PolitiFact Editor in Chief Angie Drobnic Holan in conversation with Charles Sykes, The Bulwark's Editor-At-Large. CNN's Brian Stelter will join. VIP EXCLUSIVE: Angie Drobnic Holan, PolitiFact editor-in-chief, interviews Brian Stelter, anchor of CNN's "Reliable Sources," and the chief media correspondent for CNN Worldwide. Tuesday, May 11: The COVID Infodemic — with keynote Dr. Anthony Fauci 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Eastern time Dr. Daniel Fagbuyi discusses his efforts to reach vaccine hesitant people of color through social media. Jon Greenberg interviews Shefali Luthra, health and gender reporter at The 19th, Derek Thompson, staff writer for the Atlantic, and Elisabeth Rosenthal, editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News about COVID-19 misinformation. Katie Sanders, PolitiFact managing editor, interviews Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a leading voice on COVID-19. MediaWise project manager Katy Byron explains how to evaluate potential COVID-19 misinformation using a simple technique called lateral reading. Wednesday, May 12: Big Tech, Big Questions 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Eastern time Aaron Sharockman, PolitiFact executive director, interviews Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., about Section 230 and possible internet regulation in the U.S. Aaron Sharockman in conversation with Justine Isola, Head of Misinformation Policy, Facebook and Keren Goldshlager, News Integrity Partnerships Lead, Facebook, about Facebook's Third Party Fact Checking program. PolitiFact audience engagement editor Josie Hollingsworth interviews WildFireMike, Michael Clark, the firefighter who went viral last year on TikTok debunking claims about the California wildfires. Krishnan Anantharaman, PolitiFact deputy editor, interviews Baybars Örsek, director of the International Fact Checking Network, Brandy Zadrozy, senior reporter NBC News, and Jeff Horwitz, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, about the role technology platforms are playing in fighting misinformation online. ON DEMAND!: PBS Senior Correspondent Hari Sreenivasan and News Not Noise founder Jessica Yellin join the hosts of the Go Fact Yourself podcast J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong for a trivia game that tests the knowledge of a secret passion. Thursday, May 13: Speaking the Truth — with keynote Steven Hassan 11 a.m.-1: 30 p.m. Eastern time Poynter President Neil Brown interviews CNN's Christiane Amanpour about trust and the news media, in the U.S. and around the world. Rebecca Catalanello, PolitiFact deputy editor, interviews Steven Hassan, an American mental health counselor who has written on the subject of mind control and how to help people who have been harmed by the experience. Hassan has written about Q, and the cult of personality surrounding Donald Trump. MediaWise senior multimedia reporter Alex Mahadevan interviews researchers Ethan Porter of George Washington University and Emily Thorson of Syracuse University about the efficacy of fact-checking. PolitiFact Executive Director Aaron Sharockman interviews Mary Snapp, Microsoft vice president for strategic initiatives, about the company's Defending Democracy initiative and its efforts to promote and build trust among journalists. PolitiFact Editor-in-Chief Angie Drobnic Holan interviews Kathleen Hall Jamieson of FactCheck.org, Sally Lehrman of the Trust Project and Steve Hayes of the Dispatch about improving trust in journalism and reaching people who are prone to fall for misinformation. PS: This virtual festival is for everyone interested in fact-based expression, civic engagement and the role of facts in a free society. We're still adding to the schedule, but see all of our confirmed speakers and sessions here. Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2021 PolitiFact, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website, attended one of our events, or communicated with us. 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