The Week in Fact-Checking: Boom

Quote of the week
“The referees are there. But no one is listening to them.” — CBS journalist John Dickerson on political fact-checking.

Can television get in on the fact-checking boom?
The global growth in fact-checking has been driven by a boom in digital initiatives. Yet even in the age of Snapchat and Facebook Live, television matters — though the leap from online to television is often hampered by an imperfect “translation” of the fact-checking. On Poynter.org, four producers who use fact-checking on their TV shows share some lessons they’ve learned.

Next week: Global Fact 3 
The third Global Fact-Checking Summit will take place in Buenos Aires on June 9-10, bringing together 101 participants from 40 countries, the largest crowd yet. You can follow many of them on Twitter by subscribing to this list.

New fact-checker: Colombiacheck
Adding to the fact-checking boom: Colombiacheck launched Wednesday to fact-check politicians in the Andean country. The site is a project of the Consejo de Redaccion network of investigative journalists, supported by Open Society Foundation funding. Also, they have a GIF check section on their home page, featuring, among others:

Fact-checking ‘the war on data’
Could Donald Trump’s problem with facts be a symptom of his battle with data? Catherine Rampell of The Washington Post examines the Republican presidential candidate’s recent statements in California where he assured residents “there is no drought.”

A lesson in fact-checking 
Fusion checks out a viral Facebook post about teen pregnancy, and finds that its author— unapologetically — used data from 1995 to make her point.

The best of local fact-checking 
It’s not all about national politics and elections. See how the Gazette of Iowa got to the bottom of a local candidate’s claim about county supervisor salaries.

Fact-check of the week
Did the Italian left really lobby against color TV, as claimed disparagingly by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi? Yes, says Pagella Politica. Apparently it was deemed “a symbol of the sort of development that harms workers, the country and democracy.”

Some fact-checking fun
Fact-checking apparently has delayed the release of the latest “National Treasure” movie. But the Independent points to 15 successful films that defied facts, logic, and, well, sanity.

Quick fact-checking news & views
(1) Africa Check opens nominations for its 2016 African Fact-Checking Awards; (2) Australian media commentators continue to discuss the closure of the ABC’s Fact Check unit; (3) Does it always rain during the Roland Garros? Les Monde’s Décodeurs fact-checked a popular belief about the French Open.

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