The New Yorker

What’s a Fact, Anyway?

Every tribe has its myths, and journalists are no exception. In America, one common story goes like this: once, in the prelapsarian era before social media—or before smartphones, or the Internet—there ...
USA Today

Fact-checking is built on transparency. We invite you to check our work.

Since fact-checkers present themselves as arbiters of truth, it's only fair that readers wonder if we're being, well, truthful. So it's no surprise that "Who fact-checks the fact-checkers?" is a ...
Poynter

How fact-checking is evolving — and having a real impact on the world

“Fake news” loves a crisis. It’s clear now that false information has played a role in recent events around the world from divisive elections to the COVID-19 pandemic to the conflict roiling Israel ...
The New York Times

Fact Checkers Take Stock of Their Efforts: ‘It’s Not Getting Better’

The momentum behind organizations that aim to combat online falsehoods has started to taper off. By Tiffany Hsu and Stuart A. Thompson Tiffany Hsu and Stuart Thompson write about the fight against ...
CNET

Facebook, Instagram Fact-Checking Has Ended: What That Means for You

The era of Facebook, Instagram and Threads using fact-checking to verify information on its platforms is over, as of Monday, April 7, according to Meta's chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan. He ...
Scientific American

The Psychology of Fact-Checking

Distortions and outright lies by politicians and pundits have become so common that major news outlets like the Associated Press, CNN, BBC, Fox News,and Washington Post routinely assign journalists ...
The New Yorker

The Art of Fact-Checking

Which are more important: true words, or beautiful words? “The Lifespan of a Fact,” a book by John D’Agata, a writer, and Jim Fingal, a former intern and fact-checker at The Believer, purports to ...
Mashable

Google can help you fact-check photos. Here's where to start.

Google tools like About this image and reverse image search can help digital consumers verify the images they see online. Credit: Rafael Henrique / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images As the ...
Associated Press

What we fact-check and why

We have all heard the recent discussion about “fake news” and worries that the integrity of news is under attack in many places on the web and social media. We also have learned, from our usage ...
Time

Here’s How the First Fact-Checkers Were Able to Do Their Jobs Before the Internet

Do you have a question about history? Send us your question at history@time . com and you might find your answer in a future edition of Now You Know. At TIME Magazine’s 20th anniversary dinner, in ...
USA Today

USA TODAY Fact Check: Standards and methodology

Our fact-check program upholds the standards and ethics that guide our entire newsgathering and reporting process. USA TODAY is also a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network, which ...