fact-checkers
Accuracy verification specialists
Fact-checkers are people or organizations that verify claims for accuracy, especially in journalism and politics.
News outlets employ fact-checkers to review stories before publication.
Independent fact-checking organizations rate public statements as true, false, or somewhere between: Fact-checkers rated the senator's claim as mostly false.
The term has become politically charged, with some dismissing fact-checkers as biased.
Proving something accurate
- debunkingProving claims false
- sourcesPoints of origin
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- claimsStatements of truth
reporters · newsrooms · editors · corrections · retractions · investigation · attribution · quotes
Proving something accurate
- cross-referencingVerifying by consulting elsewhere
- primary sourcesFirsthand historical evidence
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
analysis · context · quotes · transcripts · timestamps · archives · databases · experts
Political fact-checking service
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- debatesFormal argumentative exchanges
- speechesFormal spoken presentations
promises · ratings · Pinocchios · pants on fire · spin · propaganda · partisan · bias
Misinformation verification site
- PolitiFactPolitical fact-checking service
- algorithmsFinite instruction sequences
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
- platformsElevated flat surfaces
flagging · labels · warnings · viral · content moderation · links · databases · metadata
Confidence in another
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
- independenceFreedom from external control
- nonpartisanNot aligned politically
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
reputation · transparency · accountability · funding · disclosure · corrections · criticism · legitimacy
verification
Proving something accurate
claims · reporters · newsrooms · editors · corrections · retractions · investigation · attribution · quotes · statements
verification
Proving something accurate
- cross-referencingVerifying by consulting elsewhere
- primary sourcesFirsthand historical evidence
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
methodology · analysis · context · quotes · transcripts · timestamps · archives · databases · experts · interviews
PolitiFact
Political fact-checking service
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- debatesFormal argumentative exchanges
speeches · promises · ratings · Pinocchios · pants on fire · spin · propaganda · partisan · bias · elections
Snopes
Misinformation verification site
- PolitiFactPolitical fact-checking service
- algorithmsFinite instruction sequences
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
platforms · flagging · labels · warnings · viral · content moderation · links · databases · metadata · timestamps
trust
Confidence in another
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
- independenceFreedom from external control
- nonpartisanNot aligned politically
objectivity · reputation · transparency · accountability · funding · disclosure · corrections · criticism · legitimacy · authority
- examinersinspectors, examiner, reviewers, inspector, auditors
- nitpickersfaultfinders, sticklers, hairsplitters, pedants, quibblers
- realistspragmatists
- media peoplejournalists, journalist, reporters, reporter, editors
- watchdogswatchdog, government watchdog, overseer, inspector, media watchdog
fact-checkerspropagandists
Spreaders of biased messaging
liars · fabricators · spin doctors · disinformers · hoaxers
fact-checkersnewsmakers
Those who attract coverage
pundits · commentators · content creators · journalists · primary sources
fact-checkerstrue believers
Unwavering adherents to doctrine
dupes · marks · easy targets
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