fact checker
Accuracy verification specialist
A fact checker is someone who verifies claims for accuracy, typically before publication.
News organizations and publishers employ fact checkers to confirm dates, statistics, quotations, and other assertions: The fact checker caught several errors in the manuscript.
The term now also applies to journalists and organizations that evaluate politicians' statements after they're made.
False data spread unintentionally
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
fabrication · fake news · rumor · conspiracy theory · propaganda · misleading · out-of-context · doctored
Evaluating suitability through investigation
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
- substantiationProof of truth
confirmation · proof · sourcing · triangulation · documentation · audit · scrutiny · paper trail
One who gathers news
- editorOne who revises text
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
- SnopesMisinformation verification site
- PolitiFactPolitical fact-checking service
Reuters · AP · wire service · editorial · deadline · byline · scoop · whistleblower
Accurate and sincere
- veracityConformity to fact
- credibleWorthy of acceptance
- reliableConsistently performing as expected
- objectivePurpose or goal
unbiased · evidence-based · rigorous · meticulous · precision · exactness · correctness · fidelity
Organized digital information collection
- archiveStored historical records
- dataFacts for analysis
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- studyDeliberate learning effort
investigation · inquiry · methodology · analysis · academic · publication · government records · court documents
misinformation
False data spread unintentionally
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
falsehood · fabrication · fake news · rumor · conspiracy theory · propaganda · misleading · out-of-context · doctored · manipulated
vetting
Evaluating suitability through investigation
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
substantiation · confirmation · proof · sourcing · triangulation · documentation · audit · scrutiny · paper trail · receipts
reporter
One who gathers news
PolitiFact · Reuters · AP · wire service · editorial · deadline · byline · scoop · whistleblower · leak
truthful
Accurate and sincere
objective · unbiased · evidence-based · rigorous · meticulous · precision · exactness · correctness · fidelity · trustworthiness
database
Organized digital information collection
- archiveStored historical records
- dataFacts for analysis
- statisticsCollected numerical information
study · investigation · inquiry · methodology · analysis · academic · publication · government records · court documents · census
- evaluatorsevaluator, assessor, appraiser, reviewer, critic
- journalistsreporter, correspondent, anchorwoman, news correspondent, journalist
- newspaper jobsreporter, editor, journalist, columnist, photographer
- press writersjournalist, reporter, columnist, correspondent, editor
- newsroom jobsmanaging editor, news editor, proofreader, editorial assistant, digital editor
- Press FiguresJoseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, Ida Tarbell, Nellie Bly, Edward R. Murrow
fact checkerdisinformation agent
One who spreads falsehoods deliberately
propagandist · liar · fabricator · hoaxer · falsifier
fact checkerwriter
Creator of texts
author · content creator · journalist · reporter · source
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