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The @ReportersLab's 10th annual fact-checking census is out. We count 417 sites that verify + debunk claims in +100 countries, 69 languages. But the fact-checking tally is leveling off, even as concerns about manipulation, lies and dangerous hoaxes grow. bit.ly/2023fact-check-census
Our new report: Vast gaps in fact-checking across the U.S. allow politicians to elude scrutiny reporterslab.org/vast-gaps-i…
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There’s too much State of the Union fact-checking poynter.org/commentary/2023/…
Politicians in most states got little scrutiny from local fact-checkers in this year's elections. Why? Because in 29 states there weren’t any. A new study from the Duke @ReportersLab examines these "fact deserts" and the state of local fact-checking. bit.ly/fact-deserts
PolitiFact at 15: Lessons about the Truth-O-Meter, innovation and pirates reporterslab.org/politifact-…
Our annual fact-checking census is out: The number of sites has doubled in six years, but growth is slowing. Also: a recent decline in meters and ratings reporterslab.org/fact-checke…
An update on what we’ve learned from 1,000+ entries of MediaReview, our latest collaboration to combat misinformation
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New additions brings our total of fact-checking sites to 356. reporterslab.org/from-sofia-…
Some interesting revelations in our latest census of fact-checking, released today: Fact-checkers are now found in more than half the nations of the world. But growth is slowing. reporterslab.org/category/fa…
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@ReportersLab will deepen the Partnership’s expertise in using AI to help journalists do their work. The Reporters’ Lab will provide insights from its efforts to create tools that allow platforms and independent fact-checkers to communicate rapidly and efficiently.
As embedded fact-checking grows, reporters need to show their sources, write @joel_luther and @BillAdairDuke poynter.org/fact-checking/20…
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Congrats to our grad Ishan Thakore, selected for IRE’s Journalist of Color Investigative Reporting Fellowship! He’s an alum of @ReportersLab and has been researching and producing for @iamsambee ire.org/four-journalists-rec…
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Our annual census finds tremendous growth in fact-checking around the world. There are now 290 fact-checkers doing this important work in 83 countries. #GlobalFact7 reporterslab.org/annual-cens…
What is MediaReview? FAQs on the new schema we’re helping to develop for fact-checks of fake videos and images. reporterslab.org/what-is-med…
We want your feedback on the MediaReview tagging system reporterslab.org/we-want-you…
Squash report card: Improvements during State of the Union … and how humans will make our AI smarter reporterslab.org/squash-repo…
From @NiemanLab, a look at MediaReview, our new effort to create a standard for fact-checking videos and images niemanlab.org/2020/01/is-thi…
U.S. fact-checkers gear up for 2020 campaign > Of the 226 fact-checking projects in our latest global count, 50 are in the U.S. and most are locally focused. reporterslab.org/u-s-fact-ch…
Our annual census by @markstencel finds a surge in the number of fact-checking outlets. There are now 188 in 60 countries, up 39 from last year. reporterslab.org/number-of-f…




