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Canadian Press fact-checkers find politicians full of baloney

Canadian Press fact-checkers find politicians full of baloney

Published April 29, 2015 by stepht@duke.edu

While many fact-checkers around the world rate the accuracy of statements on a true-to-false scale, the team at the Canadian Press rates them by their…

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From ‘Baloney’ to ‘Screaming Lies’: the extreme ratings of the world’s fact-checkers

From ‘Baloney’ to ‘Screaming Lies’: the extreme ratings of the world’s fact-checkers

Published February 5, 2015 by stepht@duke.edu

FactCheckEU calls them “Insane Whoppers.” The Voice of San Diego uses “Huckster Propaganda.” Honolulu Civil Beat refers to them as “Screaming Lies.” From Rome to…

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