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Hundreds of fact-checkers from around the world gathered at GlobalFact to discuss innovation opportunities amid industry ...
Since 2018, the number of fact-checking sites has grown by 47%. While that’s an increase of 135, it is far slower than the preceding five years, when the numbers grew more than two and a half ...
The New York Post editorial board blasted The Fact Checker last week, calling us a “propaganda mill” and suggesting it was time to “close up shop.” They name-checked three articles, but ...
Corrections & Clarifications: This fact-check has been revised based on updated reporting since it was first published in March 2020. The rating on the claim has been changed to Partly False to ...
Fact-checkers are, for the moment, one of the best solutions. But they work only for people who want them to work, and that number may be shrinking.
An “ alternative fact”, is really not a fact at all, it is a theory offered as a substitute to a more widely accepted theory or actual fact. For example, a Trump advisor, Kellyanne Conway ...
The following is a transcript of the episode: Jerusalem Demsas: Fact-checks are a big part of election season.What’s worth fact-checking, what’s the best way to fact-check—these are ...
Fact check: Drinking water while eating does not lead to digestive issues Our rating: Missing context. The claim that apple seeds contain cyanide and eating 20 apple cores will kill an adult is ...
Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech and More: Day 4 of the Republican National Convention. A team of New York Times reporters followed the developments and fact-checked the speakers, providing context ...
Life is one long string of them, in fact. The author Bruce Feiler wrote a book called Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age.
Here’s a fact check. What WAS Said “I stand here tonight, after we’ve created, with the help of many people in this room, 12 million new jobs — more jobs created in two years than any ...
Fact checks in the form of Community Notes have been added to posts on X, including on a video with more than 500,000 views that falsely purported to show the fire approaching the Hollywood sign ...