My colleague Patrick LaForge offered this timely reminder: Fact-checking is in vogue, and for some reason the language of facts attracts all types of usage problems. I reviewed some of the more common ...
President Donald Trump filled his first 100 days back in office with the same relentless lying and inaccuracy that was a hallmark of his first presidency and his 2016 and 2024 presidential campaigns.
MYTH: The One Big Beautiful Bill is “just a tax break for billionaires.” FACT: The One Big Beautiful Bill delivers the largest middle- and working-class tax cut in U.S. history. The President’s ...
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump ...
President Donald Trump keeps touting the fact that Walmart’s promotional Thanksgiving meal basket is cheaper this year than it was last year. But Trump hasn’t mentioned that this year’s basket is ...
During Tuesday night’s debate, ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis interrupted Donald Trump five times to “fact-check” his answers. They did the same to Kamala Harris … never. The vice ...
The CBS News moderators attempted to "fact-check" Sen. JD Vance during the vice presidential debate on Oct. 1, 2024. Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images “Fact-checking” is like “fake news”: ...
Inside a modest office near London Bridge, a small team of engineers and fact-checkers has spent a decade refining AI tools and models to do what most journalists can no longer manage: keep up. The ...
In 2005, when the Iraq War was well under way, a couple of political scientists looked at how people responded when they were told that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction. It had been a key ...
Adopts community notes model for content moderation Zuckerberg says company made 'too many mistakes' Meta moving safety teams to Texas from California Social media company Meta Platforms on Tuesday ...
In July, the London-based fact-checking organization Full Fact used artificial intelligence tools to scan public debate in media and online. They identified an average of 240,437 pieces of content ...
Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the court. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the ...