Republican nominee Donald Trump’s 75-minute acceptance speech on the last night of the GOP convention sent fact-checkers into overdrive. PolitiFact, The Washington Post and FactCheck.org…
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Politicians love talking points. The scripted lines provide consistency for campaign messages and quotes that are often irresistible to journalists. Talking points are used repeatedly,…
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The Duke Reporters’ Lab is introducing Share the Facts, a widget that provides a new way for readers to share fact-check articles and spread them…
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Fact-checking season is underway, and some new players are getting into the act. FiveThirtyEight, NPR, Vox and Politico unveiled new fact-checking features for the presidential…
Comments closedThere’s been lots of harrumphing about the decline in local coverage of Congress. Many Washington bureaus have been closed and there are fewer reporters covering…
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