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AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking the Texas energy-failure blame game
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/texas-energy-outage-wind-turbine-blame-green-energy-fact-check/index.html
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Twitter’s crowdsourced fact-checking experiment reveals problems
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/analysis-twitters-crowdsourced-fact-checking-experiment-reveals-problems/
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Facebook’s fact-checking partners in Australia are blocked from posting on their own pages but can still assess content for the platform
It’s been two days since Australian fact-checkers have been able to publish their content on Facebook’s NewsFeed. Their URLs have been considered news content and are now blocked on the social media platform. While trying to find other ways
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Facebook’s fact-checking partners in Australia are blocked from posting on their own pages but can still assess content for the platform
It’s been two days since Australian fact-checkers have been able to publish their content on Facebook’s NewsFeed. Their URLs have been considered news content and are now blocked on the social media platform. While trying to find other ways
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Vaccines, Schools And Racist Insurance: ‘Fact-Checking’ Biden’s Town Hall Claims
https://www.dailywire.com/news/vaccines-schools-and-racist-insurance-fact-checking-bidens-town-hall-claims
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Analysis: Twitter’s crowdsourced fact-checking experiment reveals problems
On Feb. 5, Twitter flagged a post from controversial YouTuber Tim Pool that said the 2020 U.S. presidential election was rigged. The platform noted that the claim was disputed and turned off engagement “due to a risk of violence.” But, on Birdwatch
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Analysis: Twitter’s crowdsourced fact-checking experiment reveals problems
On Feb. 5, Twitter flagged a post from controversial YouTuber Tim Pool that said the 2020 U.S. presidential election was rigged. The platform noted that the claim was disputed and turned off engagement “due to a risk of violence.” But, on Birdwatch
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim about people having to seek asylum ‘from abroad’
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/17/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-claim-about-people-having/
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim about people having to seek asylum ‘from abroad’
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/17/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-claim-about-people-having/
NYT > U.S. > Politics→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Lawyers on Day 4 of Impeachment Trial
The three members of the former president’s legal team made a number of misleading or false claims about the events of Jan. 6, antifa, the impeachment process and voter fraud.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Fact-checking the first day of Trump’s second impeachment trial
Before senators could consider a scrap of evidence in the case against former President Donald Trump, they first had to vote whether to try the case at all. House Democratic impeachment managers argued that even though Trump no longer holds office, the
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking misleading attacks on HR 1, Democrats’ voting rights bill
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/feb/03/fact-checking-misleading-attacks-hr-1-democrats-vo/ A Fa
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ As embedded fact-checking grows, reporters need to show their sources
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/as-embedded-fact-checking-grows-reporters-need-to-show-their-sources/
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ As embedded fact-checking grows, reporters need to show their sources
Five years ago, the trend began as a trickle. A few reporters started adding a bit of extra information to their stories, declaring when a politician said something false. At the time, this was a bold move. Political stories were traditionally for news
NYT > U.S. > Politics→ Fact-Checking Biden’s First Week in Office
All but three of 20 claims the president made were accurate, demonstrating his regard for basic facts and his proclivity to err when speaking off the cuff.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking 7 statistical claims from Biden’s (quite factual) economic speech
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/fact-check-biden-economic-stats-pandemic-rescue-plan/index.html
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ IFCN is heartened by a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for the work of the global fact-checking community
It’s with great honor and humility that the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), at the Poynter Institute, learned today that it has been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement was made by Norwegian lawmaker fr
WaPo Fact Checker→ Fact-checking Trump’s farewell address
Trump's farewell address was like a mini version of campaign rally -- lots of falsehoods but no applause.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking Biden’s rollout of plan to address ‘twin crises’ of economy, pandemic
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/15/biden-terms-vaccine-rollout-dismal-failure-he-unve/ Pres
WaPo Fact Checker→ Fact-checking Biden’s speech on his coronavirus economic relief plan
Five claims caught our attention. The Biden team quickly provided citations and back-up.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) announces global newsroom teaching program
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Jan. 13, 2021) — The Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has partnered with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) to establish a global teaching program serving more than 20 countries. Thi
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking Trump’s campaign rally for the Georgia Senate races
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/05/fact-checking-trumps-campaign-rally-georgia-senate-races/
WaPo Fact Checker→ Fact-checking Trump’s campaign rally for the Georgia Senate races
In his rally in Georgia, Trump offered a litany of previously-debunked claims about the presidential election he lost. Here's a guide to 18 false claims.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Fact-checking Trump’s call to the Georgia secretary of state
Our fact check reveals just how deep the president has swum in the QAnon and conspiracy theory fever swamps.
NYT > U.S. > Politics→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Debunked Election Claims in Georgia Call
The president recited a number of viral online falsehoods involving dead voters, Dominion voting machines, shredded ballots and a water leak, among other baseless claims of fraud.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking Sen. Rubio’s criticism of Dr. Fauci
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/28/politics/rubio-fauci-fact-check/index.html Just a week after Sen. Marco
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ What to expect from fact-checking in 2021
Once a niche practice within journalism, fact-checking is now a household name thanks to a year with a deadly pandemic and important elections in many parts of the world. To fulfill our responsibility to advocate and push for higher standards in fact-c
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The second round of Coronavirus Fact-Checking Grant recipients report back on their projects
A little less than a month after the International Fact-Checking Network and Facebook distributed more than half a million dollars in grant funding to 13 fact-checking organizations fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the pair awarded an additional $300,00
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fact-Checking on Facebook Is NOT Done by Appen. How Fact-Checking Actually Works Is NOT How ‘Whistleblower’ Describes It
Is fact-checking on Facebook done by the Australian data company Appen? No, that's not true: Fact-checking on Facebook is done in the U.S. by 10 members of the independent International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), a worldwide forum who
Full Fact - All content→ Full Fact publishes new report on Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking programme
Today we publish our second report on our experience of the Third-Party Fact-Checking programme run by Facebook. We attempt in these reports to create further transparency around the Third-Party Fact-Checking programme, so that people can reach i
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The first round of Coronavirus Fact-Checking Grant recipients report back on their projects
In April the International Fact-Checking Network partnered with Facebook to dole out more than half a million dollars in grant funding to fact-checking organizations fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The first round of Coronavirus Fact-Checking Grants he
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Fact-checking Trump was a volume business. How will that change with Biden?
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here. Is ‘too stupid to fact-check’ a thing of the past? On
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ A nationwide fact-checking collaboration gets ready for elections in Ghana
Ghanaians heading to the polls for the Dec. 7 presidential election will be aided by the largest fact-checking collaboration in their nation’s history. Fact-checking organizations, news outlets and civil society groups are banding together to build a
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ A nationwide fact-checking collaboration gets ready for elections in Ghana
Ghanaians heading to the polls for the Dec. 7 presidential election will be aided by the largest fact-checking collaboration in their nation’s history. Fact-checking organizations, news outlets and civil society groups are banding together to build a
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Fact-checking President Trump’s whopper-laden interview with Maria Bartiromo
President Donald Trump repeated his false claims that the election was “rigged” and characterized mail-in ballots as a “disaster” in an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo. Bartiromo allowed him to make his case without c
WaPo Fact Checker→ Fact-checking Trump’s cellphone rant of election falsehoods
In less than ten minutes, the president made at least 15 false or misleading claims
WaPo Fact Checker→ Fact-checking the craziest news conference of the Trump presidency
President Trump's lawyers offered a stew of falsehoods and conspiracy theories in a desperate effort to claim he did not lose the election.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking Trump’s election fraud falsehoods in White House remarks
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/06/fact-checking-falsehoods-trumps-nov-5-election-rem/ In h
WaPo Fact Checker→ Fact-checking in a post-Trump era
When you look at the election results in the states Trump lost, you can see the limits of Trump’s lies — and how they may have backfired.