Fact checking Trump, not Clinton, exposes media bias
A new big thing in some parts of cable news these days involves on-the-spot fact-checking of one presidential candidate through the use of what's called lower-thirds, or chyrons (the big words serving...
View ArticleHere's a NSFW way for the media to fact-check the candidates
Just for fun, imagine that the following happened at last week’s Commander In Chief military forum, broadcast on NBC: “I was totally against the war in Iraq,” Donald Trump says. Matt Lauer, the...
View Article'False' rating on Trump Iraq stance should be at least 'half...
Question: Did Donald Trump oppose or support the Iraq War?Before answering, a quick note on why providing clarity around a relatively simple question: It's rare that cooler heads can prevail in this...
View ArticleWho will check Facebook's 'fact checkers?'
In response to recent concerns about “fake news” and opinion-swaying hoaxes, Facebook has unveiled new measures to address the issue. But unless done right, these steps may create more problems than...
View ArticleGOP senator: Trump doesn’t lie, he uses hyperbole
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Thursday that what some critics have claimed to be lies from President Trump are instead just "hyperbole"— exaggerated claims not intended to be taken seriously.In an...
View ArticleFox's Shep Smith fact-checks Trump on-air after Russia comments
Fox News’s Shep Smith on Wednesday fact-checked President Trump after the president again claimed during a news conference that the Russia investigation is a “Democratic hoax.”“The president again...
View ArticlePolitiFact cancels Alan Grayson hire after backlash
Fact-checking website PolitiFact on Thursday announced that it had hired former Florida Reps. David Jolly (R) and Alan Grayson (D) as “reader advocates” before hours later nixing Grayson's hire after...
View ArticleFacebook will 'fact-check' photos and videos
Facebook said on Thursday that it now fact-checks videos and photos in an attempt to clamp down on fake news and hoax stories on its platform. The company launched the fact-checking in France with the...
View ArticleFree speech cannot be sacrificed to strike fake news
Is fake news a real problem or a phantom menace?President Trump has railed against fake news, tweeting about it at least 140 times, conferring international cult status upon the term. Governments in...
View ArticleWashington Post fact-checker calls Trump claim 'a lie' for the...
Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler on Wednesday used the word "lie" for the first time regarding a statement from President Trump, declaring "the president's statement was a lie — and the...
View ArticleThe importance of fact-checking in a post-truth world
Oxford Dictionaries’ International Word of the Year for 2016 was “post-truth,” defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion...
View ArticleWashington Post fact-checks Trump illegal immigrants arrests claim:...
The Washington Post fact-checked a claim made by President Trump during his Oval Office address Tuesday night that 266,000 immigrants in the country illegally were arrested in the past two years,...
View ArticleFacebook ads promoted debunked information on Australia fires
Facebook has taken down an ad from the conservative organization PragerU that contained misinformation about deadly wildfires in Australia — but only took the action days after a formal fact-checking...
View ArticleTwitter adds fact check to unsubstantiated Trump tweets about mail-in voter...
Twitter on Tuesday placed warnings on two posts from President Trump earlier in the day in which he railed against mail-in voting in California, claiming without evidence that the practice is full of...
View ArticleFox's Napolitano to Trump: First Amendment 'does not regulate...
Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano said Wednesday that President Trump faces an uphill battle with his threat to regulate social media platforms like Twitter.“The First Amendment, which...
View ArticleZuckerberg: 'Facebook shouldn't be the arbiter of truth of...
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday doubled down on his defense of the platform not labeling misinformation shared by politicians after Twitter placed warnings on two posts from...
View ArticleWhat does Trump's latest executive order say about him?
Donald Trump’s May 28, 2020 executive order targeting social media companies has been sucking up a lot of oxygen in the already overloaded news cycle, and for good reason. It reveals the president’s...
View ArticleZuckerberg, Chan-funded scientists pen 'letter of concern' over...
More than 140 scientists funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), a philanthropic effort by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan focused on combating disease, penned a letter...
View ArticlePress: The big no-show at the RNC
P.T. Barnum would be proud. Only elephants were lacking at last week’s Republican National Convention, which gathered together the greatest collection of fakery, flimflam and farceurs seen since Barnum...
View ArticleBiden calls for live fact-checking at debates with Trump
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday suggested there should be a live fact-check feature during his upcoming debates with President Trump, something he acknowledged may not be...
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