fact-check
verb
fact-checked; fact-checking; fact-checks
: to verify the factual accuracy of
fact-check the article before publication
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One of her sources, an ethnic Chinese man who calls himself Atticus, says Chai sometimes contacted him well past midnight, fact-checking details.
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Wenxin Fan, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will officially end its fact-checking program Monday, a top company official said.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
Tech giants such as Facebook even trumpeted their partnerships with fact-checking organizations.
—David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2025
Given how targeted disinformation on social media may well have played a decisive role in the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, and how Meta and other social media sites have, since the election, largely eliminated their own fact-checking protocols, the stakes could not be higher.
—David Nurenberg, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Wenxin Fan, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will officially end its fact-checking program Monday, a top company official said.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
Tech giants such as Facebook even trumpeted their partnerships with fact-checking organizations.
—David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2025
Given how targeted disinformation on social media may well have played a decisive role in the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, and how Meta and other social media sites have, since the election, largely eliminated their own fact-checking protocols, the stakes could not be higher.
—David Nurenberg, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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