While much of the world’s news media has struggled to find solid footing in the digital age, the number of fact-checking outlets reliably rocketed upward…
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The number of fact-checkers around the world doubled over the past six years, with nearly 400 teams of journalists and researchers taking on political lies,…
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Fact-checkers in the Gambia and Bulgaria are among the new additions to the Duke Reporters’ Lab database of fact-checking sites around the world. The total…
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Fact-checkers are now found in at least 102 countries – more than half the nations in the world. The latest census by the Duke Reporters’…
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The number of active fact-checkers around the world has topped 300 — about 100 more than the Duke Reporters’ Lab counted this time a year…
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With elections, unrest and a global pandemic generating a seemingly endless supply of falsehoods, the Duke Reporters’ Lab finds at least 290 fact-checking projects are…
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The number of fact-checking outlets around the world has grown to 188 in more than 60 countries amid global concerns about the spread of misinformation,…
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The number of fact-checkers around the world has more than tripled over the past four years, increasing from 44 to 149 since the Duke Reporters’…
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All the talk about political lies and misinformation since last year’s election has been good for the fact-checking business in the United States — but…
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Falsehoods and “fake news” are keeping journalists and researchers busy in 47 countries, where 114 dedicated fact-checking teams are now calling out public figures for…
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