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Transcript of Craig Silverman, Poynter Institute, Intro Fact-Checking, 11 June
A (very) Brief History of Fact-Checking
@CraigSilverman Editor, Regret the Error, Poynter
Editor, Verification Handbook
In The Beginning: Magazine Fact-Checking
“Any bright girl who really applies herself to the handling of the checking problem can have a very pleasant time with it and fill
the week with happy moments and memorable occasions” — Edward
Kennedy, Time (1920s)
Media Fact-Checking
• Accuracy in Media, 1969 • FAIR, 1986 • Media Research Center, 1987
(NewsBusters) • Honest Reporting (2000), • CAMERA (1982) • Media Matters for America, 2004
Political Fact-Checking
• FactCheck.org, 1993 • PolitiFact, 2007
Today: At least 44 fact-checking sites.
Source: https://www.reporterslab.org/duke-study-finds-fact-checking-growing-around-the-world/
Social Media/Meme Checking
Technology/Crowd-Driven Fact-Checking
• Hypothes.is • Trooclick • TruthTeller • TruthGoggles • LazyTruth • MediaBugs • NewsTrust/TruthSquad • WikiFactCheck
The Future?
“In 20 years, I think we will have figured out how to identify quality and credibility
among the thousands and thousands of news sources vying for some of my
attention ... my news tools will fact-check every news story I read, highlighting mistruths, mistakes, bias, etc., and providing citation links to back up highlighted problem areas in the content.”— Steve Outing, 2011
Source: http://mediadisruptus.com/2011/11/13/online-news-20-years-from-now/
