{
  "id": 16240203,
  "title": "Getting lots of campaign material for Chicago’s school board election? We fact-checked some of it.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/getting-lots-of-campaign-material-for-chicagos-school-board-election",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T22:19:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chalkbeat",
    "slug": "chalkbeat",
    "url": "https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/10/23/school-board-campaign-mailer-ads-fact-check/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Campaign materials for Chicago’s school board election are abundant, leaving voters like Syd Tomlinson skeptical. Tomlinson, who often questions the content of political attack ads, received mailers, YouTube ads, and text messages for the election. The sources of these materials include a PAC backed by the Chicago Teachers Union and candidates themselves, such as Jessica Biggs, Hilario Dominguez, Carlos Rivas, and Ellen Sherratt. However, the veracity of the claims made in these materials often requires closer examination.",
  "summary": "Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. Like voters across Chicago, Syd Tomlinson has seen lots of different campaign materials for Chicago’s school board election: mailers, YouTube ads, and text messages. But Tomlinson is “a pretty…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}