Traditional media has been doing that forever Have they? I got to admit I used to think this too. But in the past few years I've had quite a few occasions to t

Traditional media has been doing that forever Have they? I got to admit I used to think this too. But in the past few years I've had quite a few occasions to talk to the media due to them covering a topic I happen to be (publicly) knowledgeable about. I've been quoted in a lot of media stories in various highbrow outlets. So I've been approached by journalists a whole bunch of times for stories. However, I have never been approached by a fact checker. If news firms were routinely doing fact checks, I'd expect to see 1) Way fewer obvious mistakes that could be detected with 60 seconds Googling 2) Fact checkers emailing me as part of cross-checking stories they're doing on my area of specialism But I see (1) a lot and (2) never. I've also never heard any journalist refer to fact checkers or tell me to expect my statements to be fact checked, or actually seen any evidence of these people existing at all.