While this story wasn’t labeled as fact-checking, it’s nevertheless a story where the people who we expected to hold politicians accountable instead ran off uncritically with the first scrap of damaging info because it confirmed what they felt must be true of a political they hated. III. ...
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Fact-checking has been changing in recent years from an initial stage in which fact-checkers were more concerned with political discourse to a stage in which combating misinformation becomes the primary purpose. This work examines more closely the standardizing and the customizing aspects of active fa...
Therefore, when the black-and-white facts—as they appear to the fact checkers—conflict with the claims produced by politicians, the fact checkers are able to see only (to one degree or another) "lies." The examples of dubious fact-checking practices that we discuss show the untenability ...
matter are real fact checkers who investigate the claims, uncover evidence, and present conclusions. And it’s not only outlandish stories, but also any news-worthy topic, including politics, culture and global events. Snopes calls itself the oldest and largest fact-checking site online. Is it ...
This goes on and on and on… but it continues by pointing out that one of their main “fact checkers” Kim LaCapria “has also been a sex-and-fetish blogger who went by the pseudonym ‘Vice Vixen’.” [LaCapria] described her blog as a lifestyle website ‘with a specific fo...
Tools for fact-checking AI-generated articles The race for fact-checkers to keep pace with the mounting information is already difficult and is only going to get harder, which is why you need the right research tools. Open web searches take time, and they aren't always verifiable. Conversely...
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Instead of “the unquestionable fact-checkers thus sayeth,” it was clear that this new fact-checking system is driven by average users. Instead of taking a hard position, the notice says “Readers added context they thought people might want to know.” ...
“No: they are not ‘500 scientists’: claims partly false”. The Court also ordered the bogus reference to “fact-checking” to be removed when the article is shared. If Facebook flouts the Court’s ruling, it faces an administrative fine of up to 250,000 euros or up to two years ...