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AP yanks fact-check on raunchy but false claims that JD Vance had an amorous encounter with a sofa
The Associated Press retracted a fact-checking article about droll internet rumors that Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, former President Donald Trump's running mate, had sex with a couch during his college days. To rebut the false claims, AP had conducted a comprehensive search of Vance's memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," for any mentions of couch coitus — it found none — but by Thursday morning the story had been pulled.
In a statement to Salon, an AP spokesperson confirmed that the article had...