fact-checking
FAKT CHEK-ing
fækt ˈtʃɛkɪŋListen
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the process of verifying claims, statements, data, or assertions made by public figures, in news reports, or circulating in the media environment, to determine their accuracy and provide readers with an evidential assessment; professional fact-checking organisations such as PolitiFact, FullFact, and Africa Check apply systematic methodologies to evaluate claims against primary sources, official data, and expert testimony; fact-checking has grown in prominence with the proliferation of misinformation, disinformation, and misleading political rhetoric in the digital media landscape
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