CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter called on journalists to provide “forceful rebuttals” on air to conspiracy theories espoused by Donald Trump. The reality, though, is that how TV hosts check facts on air is as important to changing a politician’s behavior and a viewer’s mind as whether they fact-check at all. Here are three tips.
Quote of the week
“Unfortunately, it seems to have taken an authentic proto-fascist winning the Republican nomination for the press to finally reckon with the fact that reality is no longer operative in the body politic. Let’s hope it isn’t too late.” — Heather Digby Parton, writing for Salon
Fact-checking fail
More fallout in the case of an Australian “wellness” blogger’s cancer hoax: The publisher of Belle Gibson’s book about her (fake) cancer cure will pay $30,000 for publishing the book without fact-checking it. More fines are likely. Read it.
The fact-checking text bot has arrived
Univision’s Detector de Mentiras is sending fact checks via text bot. “Receiving messages on your phone is quite an intimate process,” says the team’s boss.
Tips for better fact-checking
Need help fact-checking your local elections? Al Cross, the head of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky, has some advice in this article — along with his phone numbers for reporters with a fact-checking emergency.
Fact check(s) of the week
Full Fact took a long at the UK government’s leaflet in favor of remaining in the EU. It produced 15 fact checks about it.
Some fact-checking fun
Has Lionel Richie released a new song called, “Hello, is it mascara you’re looking for?” Study up on weasels, aliens and of course your Motown singer-songwriters — and then have some fun with the monthly fact-checking quiz from First Draft News.
Fact-checking infographic of the week
Thirty delivered, 19 broken, 21 in progress and eight stalled is the final tally of the ABC Fact Check’s promise tracker of the outgoing Coalition government. Check out theiroverview online and their video report.
Fact-checking science
John Oliver dedicated his weekly deep dive to the many dubious “scientific” studies bandied around on television. “There is no Nobel Prize for fact-checking,” he added. But if one existed, here are some tips that could help you win it.
Quick fact-checking news & views
(1) Full Fact is hosting a Wikipedia “editathon” to check entries related to the EU referendum on Saturday (2) Craig Silverman looks at recent studies on misinformation and concludes there are “worrying conclusions for fact checkers” (3) French politicians “play at being fact-checkers” with no great success, writes Le Monde’s Adrien Sénécat.
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