fact-checker
Truth verification specialist
A fact-checker is someone who verifies the accuracy of statements, claims, or information before or after publication.
News organizations employ fact-checkers to catch errors; political fact-checkers evaluate claims by public figures: The fact-checker rated the senator's statement mostly false.
The verb is fact-check: We need to fact-check this article before it goes live.
Proving something accurate
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- sourcesPoints of origin
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- debunkingProving claims false
newsroom · editor · reporter · claims · misinformation · corrections · attribution · quotes
Finite problem-solving procedure
- flaggingLosing vigor progressively
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- viralSpreading quickly online
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
deepfake · bot · platform · Facebook · Twitter · AI · automated · crowdsourced
Proving something accurate
- cross-referenceNotation pointing elsewhere
- citationMention of a source
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- interviewFormal questioning session
transcript · statistics · methodology · evidence · corroboration · authentication · documentation · records
Political fact-checking service
- SnopesMisinformation verification site
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- statementsExpressed claims or declarations
- politiciansElected government representatives
rating · misleading · spin · rhetoric · debate · ads · promises · accountability
verification
Proving something accurate
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- sourcesPoints of origin
- investigationFormal examination of facts
debunking · newsroom · editor · reporter · claims · misinformation · corrections · attribution · quotes · deadline
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
- flaggingLosing vigor progressively
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- viralSpreading quickly online
disinformation · deepfake · bot · platform · Facebook · Twitter · AI · automated · crowdsourced · metadata
verification
Proving something accurate
- cross-referenceNotation pointing elsewhere
- citationMention of a source
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
interview · transcript · statistics · methodology · evidence · corroboration · authentication · documentation · records · archives
PolitiFact
Political fact-checking service
- SnopesMisinformation verification site
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- statementsExpressed claims or declarations
politicians · rating · misleading · spin · rhetoric · debate · ads · promises · accountability · nonpartisan
- evaluatorsevaluator, assessor, appraiser, reviewer, critic
- journalistsreporter, correspondent, anchorwoman, news correspondent, journalist
- newspaper jobsreporter, editor, journalist, columnist, photographer
- publishing jobseditor, publisher, writer, author, editor-in-chief
- Perfectionistsperfectionist, nitpicker, pedant, stickler, precisionist
- truth revealerstruth teller, straight shooter, straight talker, eyewitness, informant
fact-checkerdisinformation agent
One who spreads falsehoods deliberately
propagandist · fabricator · liar · hoaxer · conspiracy theorist
fact-checkerwriter
Creator of texts
claimant · author · journalist · reporter · content creator
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