fact-checking

Truthsquad Fact-Checks Controversial Claims

Stevie Converse — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:09:29 -0400

Full article: Editor and Publisher
Heidi Kulicke
Sifting through the falsehoods and half-true sentiments popping up left and right online is Truthsquad, a journalist-driven, community fact-checking experiment of NewsTrust, in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity. The site aims to help viewers decipher what’s fact and what’s fiction on the Internet, and is gearing up for an especially active 2012 election season.

Why Are News Corrections So Hard?

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:25:41 -0400

Full article: Knight Digital Media Center
Amy Gahran
While it's free and very easy to simply add some strikethrough formatting or clarifying/corrective text on a blog, many mainstream news organizations' websites are supported by outdated print- or broadcast-focused content management systems which don't handle corrections easily or flexibly. But the deeper issue may be an attitude that persists in the culture of professional journalism that corrections are black marks of shame to be avoided as much as possible.

'This Week' Is Adding Online Fact Checks

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:15:50 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter
ABC's Sunday morning public affairs program, "This Week," is adding an online feature that its political guests may not appreciate: Fact checking.

We're All Fact-Checkers Now

Stevie Converse — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:08:29 -0400

Full article: Huffington Post
Esther Dyson
Spin, propaganda, and censorship persist in journalism, but with one big difference: Almost anyone can now operate as a reporter. How can we ensure that these self-nominated reporters respect the truth? Everyone has to become a better reader -- more skeptical and more curious.