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6 days ago
World news

The UK's fact-checkers are sending their AI to help Americans cover elections - Poynter

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3 weeks ago
Food & drink

Campbell's 'customer service' response to homophobic post is just decade-old satire

fromPoynter
6 days ago
World news

The UK's fact-checkers are sending their AI to help Americans cover elections - Poynter

fromSnopes
3 weeks ago
Food & drink

Campbell's 'customer service' response to homophobic post is just decade-old satire

Media industry
fromPoynter
2 days ago

'Poynter Day' marks Poynter Institute's 50th anniversary, rallies supporters - Poynter

The Poynter Institute advances independent, ethical journalism globally through training, fact-checking, media literacy, AI innovation, local news support, and fundraising for its work.
#nancy-pelosi
fromPoynter
2 days ago
US politics

Nancy Pelosi retires with a long record, and a long fact-checking trail to match - Poynter

fromPoynter
2 days ago
US politics

Nancy Pelosi retires with a long record, and a long fact-checking trail to match - Poynter

New York Knicks
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Republicans push to strip Zohran Mamdani of US citizenship. Is it possible?

Republicans allege Mamdani lied on naturalization forms and seek to revoke his U.S. citizenship; fact-checkers found no credible evidence.
#donald-trump
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
US politics

CNN Fact Checker Drops Exhaustive List of Lies' from Trump's Military Speech: Took Me About Five Seconds to Find on Google'

fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
US politics

CNN Fact Checker Drops Exhaustive List of Lies' from Trump's Military Speech: Took Me About Five Seconds to Find on Google'

Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Elloe AI wants to be the 'immune system' for AI - check it out at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch

Elloe AI provides an API/SDK layer that fact-checks LLM outputs, enforces compliance, prevents unsafe outputs, and generates an auditable decision trail.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

CNN's Kaitlan Collins Fact Checks Jasmine Crockett Over Viral Falsehood About Trump Ballroom

Kaitlan Collins corrected Rep. Jasmine Crockett's claim that Trump's top priority is a $300 million White House ballroom, noting the press secretary's remark lacked context.
#media-literacy
fromPoynter
1 week ago
Media industry

A journalist in Brazil is showing seniors how to outsmart misinformation, one WhatsApp message at a time - Poynter

fromPoynter
1 week ago
Media industry

A journalist in Brazil is showing seniors how to outsmart misinformation, one WhatsApp message at a time - Poynter

#journalism
fromPoynter
3 months ago
Miscellaneous

What is NOTUS? Young reporters in a "teaching hospital for journalism" learn from DC veterans - Poynter

fromPoynter
4 months ago
Media industry

International fact-checkers seek ways to evolve amid funding changes, rise of artificial intelligence - Poynter

fromPoynter
4 months ago
Media industry

Advice to fact-checkers at GlobalFact: Innovate, collaborate, uphold ethics - Poynter

fromPoynter
3 months ago
Miscellaneous

What is NOTUS? Young reporters in a "teaching hospital for journalism" learn from DC veterans - Poynter

fromPoynter
4 months ago
Media industry

International fact-checkers seek ways to evolve amid funding changes, rise of artificial intelligence - Poynter

fromPoynter
4 months ago
Media industry

Advice to fact-checkers at GlobalFact: Innovate, collaborate, uphold ethics - Poynter

#disinformation
fromPoynter
3 weeks ago
World news

As tech giants retreat, Africa's fact-checkers are finding new ways to survive - Poynter

US news
fromwww.dw.com
5 months ago

Fact check: How credible is Russian Fact-check Site GFCN? DW 06/04/2025

The GFCN aims to counter Western disinformation but raises concerns due to its Kremlin ties and lack of transparency.
Critics argue the GFCN's operations may promote biased narratives rather than objective fact-checking.
Social media marketing
fromtime.com
6 months ago

How to Address MisinformationWithout Censorship

Authoritarian leaders often manipulate truth and disinformation, endangering public health and democracy.
Misinformation can have lethal consequences, such as declining vaccination rates leading to outbreaks.
fromPoynter
3 weeks ago
World news

As tech giants retreat, Africa's fact-checkers are finding new ways to survive - Poynter

Social media marketing
fromtime.com
6 months ago

How to Address MisinformationWithout Censorship

Authoritarian leaders often manipulate truth and disinformation, endangering public health and democracy.
Misinformation can have lethal consequences, such as declining vaccination rates leading to outbreaks.
Music
fromThe New Yorker
4 weeks ago

Letters from Our Readers

Snarky, vividly negative criticism draws readers by providing entertaining, unforgettable language that lingers more than gentle praise.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Trump Makes Stunning Mathematically Impossible Claim On National Television

And I tell the story, Glenn, that in my first term, I had the honor of being the first president in 28 years to lower drug prices during the course of the year. And we actually did. And I was so proud of myself. We called a news conference. I announced it. It was one-eighth of 1 percent. One-eighth of 1 percent.
US politics
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Social media completes its shift to the right: TikTok is consequential'

Major U.S. social media platforms are shifting under conservative control through new ownership and policy changes, consolidating right-wing influence across networks.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Dan Abrams Calls Out MSNBC for Flimsy Fact Check of Vance: If You're Gonna Fact-Check, You'd Better Get it Right!'

MSNBC's fact-check of Vice President JD Vance on illegal immigrants' healthcare access overstated conclusions and risked undermining media credibility.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

CNN's Kaitlan Collins Calls BS on Scott Jennings Over Trump Talking Point in Heated Fracas: It's Just the Facts'

Kaitlan Collins and Karen Finney corrected Scott Jennings' false claim that undocumented immigrants receive Obamacare subsidies, citing federal law and distinguishing emergency care from subsidies.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

MSNBC Cuts Off JD Vance Amid Claims Dems Want to Fund Healthcare for People Who Can't Even Speak English'

MSNBC's Chris Jansing interrupted Vice President JD Vance to fact-check his claim that Democrats seek to fund healthcare for undocumented immigrants.
#ai-hallucination
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

BBC Reporter Calls BS on Trump's Demand for Nobel Prize in Scathing Fact-Check

Multiple high-profile false claims — including that London seeks Sharia law and that climate change is a hoax — were factually refuted.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

A Reversal of Reality': CNN's Daniel Dale Calls Out Barrage of False Claims from Trump's Marathon UN Speech

Trump repeatedly made false or misleading claims during his UN speech about wars, crime, and inflation, which were challenged by fact-checking.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Trump v the Truth review no other broadcaster would attempt TV so daring (and mind-numbing)

Channel 4 dedicated a nearly three-hour, rigorously sourced program to fact-checking over 100 falsehoods told by Donald Trump during his second term.
#community-notes
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
World news

Meta adds new features to Community Notes fact checks, including alerts for corrected posts | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
World news

Meta adds new features to Community Notes fact checks, including alerts for corrected posts | TechCrunch

US politics
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Why Back to School Feels Different This Year

A fifteen-year-old boy with disabilities in Los Angeles was handcuffed and detained by federal agents in front of his high school, undermining school safety.
Chicago
fromYahoo Sports
2 months ago

Baseball history unpacked, September 3

Carl Edwards Jr. and several former Cubs share birthdays while notable 1928 and 1932 baseball events involving Ty Cobb and Dizzy Dean are recounted.
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Fact check: AI fakes circulating after quake in Afghanistan DW 09/02/2025

A powerful earthquake in Afghanistan had killed at least 1,400 people and destroyed over 5,000 homes. The mountainous terrain makes rescue efforts difficult. As the death toll continues to climb, rescue workers are trying to reach survivors. The midnight earthquake was followed by several aftershocks. The UN has estimated that the earthquake might affect hundreds of thousands in total. DW fact checkers have debunked some of the most popular claims.
World news
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Trump WH Roasted For Wild $8 Trillion Whopper: AmazingAnd Insanely Wrong!'

The White House claimed $8 trillion in tariff revenue and related economic gains, a figure widely debunked as impossible given annual import totals.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Evil B*stards!' Benny Johnson Slams NYT Hit Piece' as Reporter Defends Article Debunking His Claims

Benny Johnson's claims of witnessing murders and his house burning were contradicted by police and fire records; he denied the findings and threatened legal action.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

What Are You Talking About?' Jake Tapper Fact-Checks RFK Jr's Assertion About CDC Chaos

While sitting at his desktop, Tapper searched the CDC website for the word abortion under the CDC's Ten Great Public Health Advancements. And you'll see, none of them include the word abortion,' he said. There's another one, also, just to be fair, Tapper continued. Here's another Ten Great Public Health Achievements,' United States, a different one. When Tapper typed in abortion, the search came up zero out of zero.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

CNN Fact-Checker Smacks Down Trump Crime Claims Minutes After Wild Presser: Fantastical'

It is not accurate. So of course, it's fantastic. There has currently been the 11-day stretch without a reported homicide, but that also happened earlier this year. In February and March, there was a 16-day stretch with no reported homicides in the district. So the president is exaggerating again, and that wasn't his only false claim, guys, on the subject of D.C. crime.
US politics
Miscellaneous
fromPoynter
2 months ago

IFCN condemns state pressure on fact-checkers in Georgia - Poynter

Georgian authorities are investigating and pressuring independent fact-checkers and civil-society groups, risking media freedom, privacy, and democratic norms.
fromPoynter
2 months ago

World's fact-checkers to meet in Vilnius for GlobalFact 2026 - Poynter

Presented by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at Poynter, GlobalFact is the world's largest and most impactful summit for professional fact-checking. Every year, fact-checkers come together to address industry-wide challenges, exchange best practices and build collaborative solutions to improve our shared information ecosystem. Each day of the summit features keynote presentations, interactive learning sessions and networking events to help fact-checkers build business operations, audiences and impact.
Media industry
#trump
US politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Fact check: Gaza famine photos not staged DW 08/15/2025

Allegations of staged images in Gaza are false; analyses reveal differing content in the photos in question.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Did You See Him!?' Mark Halperin Hammers WaPo Alum Glenn Kessler Over the Soft Coverage of Biden's Decline

Kessler discussed the mischaracterization of videos showing Biden's cognitive decline and the impact of fact checks on public perception.
fromPoynter
3 months ago

Veteran fact-checker Glenn Kessler says Trump made it 'acceptable for politicians to lie with impunity' - Poynter

Kessler became best known for his meticulous tracking of President Donald Trump's false and misleading claims, documenting more than 30,000 statements during Trump's first term.
US politics
#artificial-intelligence
fromPoynter
3 months ago
Digital life

Spotting the harmful needles in the haystack: How fact-checkers select what to check - Poynter

fromwww.dw.com
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Fact check: How trustworthy are AI fact checks? DW 05/16/2025

The functionality of Grok raises questions about the reliability of AI-generated information, particularly concerning sensitive topics.
Many users rely on AI tools like Grok for fact checking, but their accuracy remains questionable.
fromwww.dw.com
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Fact check: How trustworthy are AI factchecks? DW 05/16/2025

Chatbots like Grok are frequently used for fact-checking but raise concerns about accuracy and reliability.
Grok has faced criticism for providing controversial and irrelevant answers to user queries.
fromPoynter
3 months ago
Digital life

Spotting the harmful needles in the haystack: How fact-checkers select what to check - Poynter

Artificial intelligence
fromwww.dw.com
5 months ago

Fact check: How trustworthy are AI fact checks? DW 05/16/2025

The functionality of Grok raises questions about the reliability of AI-generated information, particularly concerning sensitive topics.
Many users rely on AI tools like Grok for fact checking, but their accuracy remains questionable.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.dw.com
5 months ago

Fact check: How trustworthy are AI factchecks? DW 05/16/2025

Chatbots like Grok are frequently used for fact-checking but raise concerns about accuracy and reliability.
Grok has faced criticism for providing controversial and irrelevant answers to user queries.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

A fact checker hangs up his Pinocchios

Damien Meyer/AFP's Glenn Kessler reflects on 14 years of evaluating political claims at the Washington Post, highlighting challenges in an era of misinformation.
#politics
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 months ago

Easily Checkable Lies': Republican Senator Roasted Over Wildly Inaccurate Post Trying to Hype Trump's Wins In Office

Senator Bernie Moreno posted misleading data about Trump's presidency, receiving backlash and fact-checking from journalists and social media users.
US politics
fromPoynter
3 months ago

IFCN Director Angie Drobnic Holan elected to Steering Committee of Global Forum for Media Development - Poynter

Angie Drobnic Holan has been elected to the Steering Committee of the Global Forum for Media Development, focusing on supporting journalism and information integrity.
fromPoynter
3 months ago

Google backs away from search result snippets that address falsehoods - Poynter

Google's decision to retire ClaimReview, a program that highlighted fact-checks from reputable sources globally, has raised concerns about the quality and integrity of search results.
Privacy professionals
#ai
fromwww.dw.com
4 months ago

Fact check: Fake videos cloud Kenya protest coverage DW 07/02/2025

A 17-second video published on TikTok, with over 500,000 views, allegedly shows footage from the 25 June 2025 protests in Nairobi, Kenya, but is actually old footage from Ethiopia.
Europe news
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 months ago

MSNBC Busts Into Trump Presser Live To Hammer Election Lies

Chris Jansing fact-checked Trump's false claims about the 2020 election during a live press conference, stating there is no evidence to support his allegations.
US news
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 months ago

CNN Fact-Checker Torpedoes Hegseth Presser on Trump Strikes: Confirmed CNN's Reporting'

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth inadvertently confirmed CNN's reports while attacking them, highlighting inconsistencies in claims about the damage done to Iran's nuclear program.
US news
fromPoynter
4 months ago

The truth is still worth fighting for - Poynter

The pursuit of truth is essential for democracy, yet today's societal landscape complicates access to accurate information.
fromPoynter
4 months ago

The International Fact-Checking Network's statement on proposed legislation in Hungary - Poynter

The proposed law in Hungary threatens to undermine independent media by imposing severe penalties on foreign-funded organizations, compromising press freedom and accountability journalism.
Europe news
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
5 months ago

Can AI fact-check its own lies?

AI's integration in media poses risks highlighted by a recent incident involving a fabricated article.
Human oversight in AI-generated content is essential to maintain journalistic integrity.
Los Angeles
fromwww.dw.com
5 months ago

Fact check: Fake news surrounding Los Angeles protests DW 06/12/2025

The recent unrest in Los Angeles is exacerbated by false information shared on social media, complicating the situation.
Misleading videos linked to the protests have been debunked, revealing their actual origins.
Non-profit organizations
fromPoynter
5 months ago

As threats grow, fact-checkers double down on standards, IFCN report finds - Poynter

The surge in applications to the International Fact-Checking Network reflects a strong global demand for credible information.
Fact-checking organizations are committed to public accountability amid challenges like legal threats and budget constraints.
Los Angeles
fromwww.dw.com
5 months ago

Fact Check: Fake news surrounding the Los Angeles protests DW 06/11/2025

Immigration raids in Los Angeles sparked unrest and misleading viral content.
US news
fromwww.dw.com
5 months ago

Fact check: How credible is Russian Fact-check Site GFCN? DW 06/04/2025

Russia's GFCN aims to challenge Western narratives on disinformation.
Criticism arises from established fact-checkers over GFCN's legitimacy and ties to the Kremlin.
fromwww.dw.com
5 months ago

Fact check: Trump's evidence videos do not show genocide DW 05/23/2025

Trump's assertion about mass murders of white farmers in South Africa is unfounded and tied to a long-standing false narrative that lacks statistical support.
Black Lives Matter
fromPoynter
5 months ago

The International Fact-Checking Network's statement on threats against Tempo in Indonesia - Poynter

Tempo, a respected nonpartisan news outlet in Indonesia, faces severe harassment that threatens independent journalism and fact-checking efforts.
Privacy professionals
fromNew York Post
5 months ago

The Washington Post's fact-challenged 'Fact Checker' is a propaganda mill

In a recent book, revelations show how the White House concealed President Biden's decline, prompting media outlets like the Washington Post to dismiss honest narratives.
US politics
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 months ago

Fury over PM's bid to send migrants abroad a year after Rwanda scheme scrapped

The Independent focuses on crucial stories by providing a platform for extensive reporting and analysis, free from paywalls.
fromPoynter
5 months ago

Alex Jones' cocaine claim about European leaders falls apart under scrutiny - Poynter

"DEVELOPING SCANDAL: Macron, Starmer, and Merz caught on video on their return from Kiev. A bag of white powder on the table. Macron quickly pockets it, Merz hides the spoon," Jones claimed.
UK news
Canada news
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 months ago

CNN Torpedoes Blizzard of Trump Claims Ahead of Meeting With Canadian PM

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale refutes several of Trump's claims about Canada, revealing the complexities behind claims of high tariffs and military spending.
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