fact check
Validate a claim
To fact check is to verify the accuracy of claims, statements, or reported information.
The practice gained prominence with political journalism and social media: The article was fact checked before publication.
A fact check is the verification itself: A quick fact check revealed the statistic was fabricated.
Also spelled as one word.
- verifyConfirm accuracy or truth
- confirmValidate as true
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- debunkExpose as false
- fake newsIntentionally deceptive media content
sources · primary source · evidence · truthfulness · reliability · triangulation · validate · journalism · hoax · cross-referencing · Snopes · reporting · corroboration · disprove · forensic analysis · myth · calling out · objectivity
- Fact-checkingverify, debunk, false claim, misinformation, disinformation
- debatesmoderator, podium, lectern, rebuttal, rebuttals
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- verificationverification, validation, authentication, certification, proof
- articlesarticle, magazine article, features, feature stories, columns
- checkspaycheck, preflight, final review, checkup, checklist
fact checkblind trust
Complete unquestioning confidence
take at face value · take on faith · credulity · gullibility · rubber-stamp
fact checkfabricate
Invent or manufacture
deceive · lie · spin · make up · propagandize
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