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Katie Sanders - Managing editor of PolitiFact
Katie Sanders

Managing editor of PolitiFact

Katie Sanders is managing editor of PolitiFact. Previously she fact-checked talking heads and opinion-shapers for PunditFact as well as the Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott for PolitiFact Florida, reporting from the Tallahassee bureau of the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald. She is a graduate of the University of Florida.

  1. Tarta de queso vasco quemado cautiva a los amantes de los postres del área de Tampa
    July 13, 2022• CENTRO
    Torta de queso vasco quemado del Café Gala del Dali Museum.
  2. PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: Coronavirus downplay and denial
    Dec. 16, 2020• Health
    In this July 31 photo, Romelia Navarro, 64, weeps while hugging her husband, Antonio, in his final moments in a COVID-19 unit at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif. The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 300,000 Monday.
  3. PolitiFact Lie of the Year 2019: Trump’s claim whistleblower got Ukraine call wrong
    Dec. 16, 2019• The Buzz
    President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing event for the "Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017" in the East Room of the White House, Friday, June 23, 2017, in Washington.
  5. Seven years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japanese town rebounds from zero
    March 8, 2018• Opinion
    Shigaru Matsumoto, 65, has lived in Naraha his whole life. His bar of choice is Ippei, one of the only places around for residents and decontamination workers alike to enjoy an alcoholic beverage. Most of the people who have returned to Naraha are over 60, he said, with younger people restarting their lives in Iwaki, a bigger city less than an hour south. "Younger generations are not coming back here," he said. [Katie Sanders | Times]
  6. Finding peace, naked and alone in a traditional Japanese bath
    March 6, 2018• Travel
    Relaxing hot spring pools of Shikisai Ichiriki. Japanese tradition says hot spring baths can release minerals to (naked) bathers, enhancing natural beauty, reducing inflammation and improving the skin. (Katie Sanders | Times)
  7. Airbnb Experiences a cool option for solo travelers
    Jan. 11, 2018• Travel
    CARI VANDER YACHT | Special to the Times
  8. Happy 10th birthday, PolitiFact! Here's how Florida politicians have rated
    Aug. 3, 2017• Archive
    PolitiFact Florida has fact-checked Sunshine State politicians and pundits since March 2010.
  9. Connecticut newspaper fires back at Rick Scott: 'Go back to Florida and stay there'
    June 21, 2017• Florida Politics
    Yikes, Connecticut! This image shows the scene of a crash involving as many as 20 vehicles on Interstate 91 in Middletown, Conn., on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. No serious injuries were reported.
  10. PolitiFact Florida: Andrew Gillum overstated campaign donors
    June 14, 2017• Archive
    PolitiFact's definition of Mostly False: The statement contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.
  11. Proposed 'sanctuary cities' law would set state apart, PolitiFact Florida finds
    March 30, 2017• Florida
    Attorney General Jeff Sessions warns 'sanctuary cities' that they could lose grants from the Department of Justice during a news conference in Washington on Monday.
  12. Falsehoods from the second week of session, fact-checked
    March 17, 2017• Florida
    PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter
  13. Equality Florida 'deeply disappointed' in Rick Scott for not using LGBT to describe Pulse victims
    March 8, 2017• Florida
    Orlando Police officer Michael Napolitano was one of several people recognized during Florida Gov. Rick Scott's speech Tuesday to a joint session of the Florida Legislature. Napolitano responded to the Pulse night club massacre in June 2016 and took a bullet in his Kevlar helmet.
  14. Keds, Rifle Paper collaborate on romantic line of sneakers
    Feb. 15, 2017• Archive
    Rifle Paper Co. is bringing its floral brand to Keds sneakers.
  15. PolitiFact Florida: Corcoran's Visit Florida jab doesn't tell full story
    Feb. 12, 2017• Archive
  16. PolitiFact: Fact-checking Donald Trump's first press conference as president-elect
    Jan. 13, 2017• Opinion
    President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news cenference at Trump Tower on Wednesday in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
  17. Tom Ford has hilarious opinions on dressing his kid and wearing sweatpants
    Dec. 7, 2016• Archive
    Fashion designer, writer and director Tom Ford attends the premiere of "Nocturnal Animals" in New York in this Nov. 17, 2016, file photo.
  18. So we're revisiting oversized buckle bags. Do we have to?
    Dec. 6, 2016• Archive
    Nooooooo, Kate Spade. Nooooooo.
  19. No, Patrick Murphy, PolitiFact did not debunk every attack against you
    Oct. 30, 2016• Florida Politics
    Though Patrick Murphy has exaggerated his credentials, his opponents have also exaggerated their attacks on him.
  20. No, Patrick Murphy, PolitiFact did not debunk every attack against you
    Oct. 28, 2016• Archive
  21. A search for heels you can wear to work — comfortably
    Sept. 13, 2016• Archive
    Target LifeStride Bindi Cut-out Heeled Pumps, $29.99
  22. Alicia Keys isn't judging people who wear makeup
    Sept. 1, 2016• Archive
    Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz walk the red carpet before the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 29, 2016.
  23. When is it okay to talk about the clothing of a woman in politics?
    Aug. 23, 2016• Archive
    The outfits of Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren looked a lot more similar in color on TV than in photographs, I promise.
  24. We want to see what politicians wear. Is that so wrong?
    Aug. 18, 2016• Times Style
    Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren sported similar colors at a campaign rally in June. 
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