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A big year for fact-checking, but not for new U.S. fact-checkers

A big year for fact-checking, but not for new U.S. fact-checkers

Published December 13, 2017 by stepht@duke.edu

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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Fact-checkers’ reach keeps growing around the globe

Fact-checkers’ reach keeps growing around the globe

Published November 22, 2016 by stepht@duke.edu

The 2016 U.S. election has involved a slew of misstatements from both presidential candidates, with no shortage of Pinocchios, “whoppers,” flip-flops and other “lowlights.” And that…

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The Reporters’ Lab is a center for journalism research in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Our core projects focus on fact-checking, but we also do occasional research about trust in the news media and other topics. Our projects include:

A guide to the world’s fact-checkers. We maintain a database of fact-checking sites and publish an annual census.

Tech & Check, a collection of products and tools that use automation and other technologies to expand the reach of fact-checking and help fact-checkers do their work.

Analysis about trends and advances in fact-checking, including articles written by our students, staff and faculty.

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