fact checking
Verifying claimed information
Fact checking is verifying claims against reliable sources to determine their accuracy.
Journalists fact-check articles before publication; political organizations fact-check candidates' statements.
The practice has gained prominence amid concerns about misinformation: The claim didn't survive fact checking.
As a verb, usually hyphenated: We need to fact-check this before posting.
- SnopesMisinformation verification site
- pants on fireTaunt for dishonesty
- ascertainableCapable of being discovered
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- debunkingProving claims false
accuracy · objectivity · media literacy · validation · mythbusting · burden of proof · credibility · primary source · paper trail · cross-examination · due diligence · veracity · corroboration · sources · trusted source · evidence · truthfulness · investigative journalism
- evidence termscredibility, reliability, validity, verification, corroboration
- OSINTgeolocation, reverse image search, public records, digital footprint, IP tracking
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- newspapersnewspaper, headlines, headline, news, articles
- campaigningcandidate, campaign signs, canvassing, campaign manager, fundraising
- verificationverification, validation, authentication, certification, proof
fact checkingblind trust
Complete unquestioning confidence
blind faith · gullibility · credulity · taking at face value · willful ignorance
fact checkingdisinformation
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
spreading lies · misinformation · propaganda · fabrication · lying
check, fact, checked, checking, unchecked, checkers, checker, checklist, double-check