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Articles tagged PolitiFact (45)

“‘Informing democracy’ is not enough in an age of rampant lies about elections and public health and climate. Fact-checkers need to be more assertive in getting truthful information to the audience that needs it.” Bill Adair

Bill AdairNovember 27, 2018

The red couch experiments: Early lessons in pop-up fact-checking

“People have long mused about live fact-checking on television, but this marked the first in-depth study. It revealed our product could have tremendous appeal — but we need to explain it better to our users.”

Laura Hazard OwenMay 11, 2018

You see it, you buy it: Just being exposed to fake news makes you more likely to believe it

Plus: A trove of Russian Facebook ads, “antecedents of bullshit,” and a week with Radio Sputnik.

Christine SchmidtApril 18, 2018

Truth Goggles are back! And ready for the next era of fact-checking

“Why can’t we use the Cambridge Analytica [method] for good, to help people actually know good things?”

Laura Hazard OwenAugust 4, 2017

Facebook is paying its fact-checking partners now (and giving them a lot more work to do)

Plus: Surrounding fake news with real news, fake news games, and Kenya faces an election.

Laura Hazard OwenAugust 4, 2017

Facebook bezahlt seine Partner für Faktenchecks (und die haben derzeit gut zu tun)

„Weder wollen noch können wir die Prediger der einzigen und echten Wahrheit sein. Die Faktenchecker können uns darauf hinweisen, ob eine Geschichte wahr oder erfunden ist.“

Christine SchmidtAugust 3, 2017

Games might be a good tool for fighting fake news. Here’s what three developers have learned

“What I found to be really great about the game is how terrible at it I am and how terrible people are at it.”

Shan WangJune 12, 2017

Membership programs are paying off for news outlets — and so is helping them set up their programs

After helping five pilot news organizations together raise more than $1 million in six months, the News Revenue Hub has spun off into its own standalone organization.

Laura Hazard OwenMarch 10, 2017

“It had gotten so big I thought I better pull the plug”: Updates from the fake-news world

Plus: European investigations, the complexities of fact-checking “fact-based opinions”, and how kids deal with fake news.

The Internet Archive is building up a Trump presidential library — of everything he’s ever said, on video

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