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    Hallie Golden is a fact checker at Lead Stories and a freelance journalist based in Seattle. Her articles have been published in such places as The Guardian, The New York Times and Bloomberg CityLab. She previously worked as a reporter and editor for The Associated Press in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Philadelphia, Pa.
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