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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The internal documents seen by NPR show that employees were notified about the revamping not long after the company ended its fact-checking program and loosened its hate speech policies.
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Shannon Bond, NPR, 31 May 2025
Within a few years, the grunt from the fact-checking department had found his voice.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Truth is Tricky, But Trust is Clear One of the most fascinating parts of my conversation with Holan was her acknowledgment that truth is a tricky word in the fact-checking community.
—Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Mark Zuckerberg, the C.E.O. of Meta, dined at Mar-a-Lago, then scuttled his company’s fact-checking system and settled a lawsuit with Trump by agreeing to pay him twenty-five million dollars.
—Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Shannon Bond, NPR, 31 May 2025
Within a few years, the grunt from the fact-checking department had found his voice.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Truth is Tricky, But Trust is Clear One of the most fascinating parts of my conversation with Holan was her acknowledgment that truth is a tricky word in the fact-checking community.
—Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Mark Zuckerberg, the C.E.O. of Meta, dined at Mar-a-Lago, then scuttled his company’s fact-checking system and settled a lawsuit with Trump by agreeing to pay him twenty-five million dollars.
—Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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