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Fact-checking crucial to rebuilding trust in Thai media, say experts
Fact-checking crucial to rebuilding trust in Thai media, say experts
SATURDAY, APRIL 02, 2022
The daily torrent of conflicting information in traditional and online media has made fact-checking even more vital today – although it is not easy to do it properly.Fact-checking the fourth night of 2020 Democratic National Convention
Fact-checking the fourth night of 2020 Democratic National Convention
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2020
On the final night of the 2020 DNC, many speeches continued to offer generalities, not hard numbers that fact checkers could chew on. Here are four items that caught our attention, including three from Joe Biden's speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination.
Twitter has started fact-checking Trump. He isn't happy.
Twitter has started fact-checking Trump. He isn't happy.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020
As Elizabeth Dwoskin reports for The Washington Post, Twitter has fact-checked President Donald Trump for the first time. Trump had claimed on Twitter that mail-in ballots would be "substantially fraudulent." Now his two tweets on the topic have been labeled with a link inviting readers to "get the facts about mail-in ballots" and directing them to resources stating that Trump's claims are unsubstantiated. Here are four key takeaways.Fact-checking the ninth Democratic debate
Fact-checking the ninth Democratic debate
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020
The ninth Democratic presidential debate of the 2020 campaign, hosted by NBC, MSNBC and the Nevada Independent, had six candidates, lasted two hours - and did not have many statements that merited fact-checking. Here are seven claims that caught our attention. Our practice is not to award Pinocchios in debate roundups.
Fact-checking President Trump's 2020 State of the Union address
Fact-checking President Trump's 2020 State of the Union address
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2020
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech once again was chock-full of stretched facts and dubious figures. Many of these claims have been fact-checked repeatedly, yet the president persists in using them. Here, in the order in which he made them, are 31 statements by the president.
