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My impression from that interview is that the fact checkers are not doing things like calling movies theaters, mayors, or owners of restaurants and verifying th
by smadge 8y ago
My impression from that interview is that the fact checkers are not doing things like calling movies theaters, mayors, or owners of restaurants and verifying the statements they allegedly made in their interviews with the reporter are true. Instead they are cross referencing claims made by their reporters, things like whether or not a politician has been quoted in a reputable newspaper as saying something, or how many jobs were created in a time period, with their database of open source intelligence. Is it expected that a fact checker contact everyone a journalist interviewed and go over each sentence and claim line by line and verify that it is true?
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- oldgradstudent 8y agoThat's a great point. I was under the impression those were just examples. The article says that the biggest difference from the american model is the timing of consulting with the fact checkers. As far as I understand, in the american model the fact checker is often responsible to verify sources and details, as described in The New Yorker job description: https://www.newyorker.com/home/about/fact-checker https://www.newyorker.com/home/about/fact-checker
- whatshisface 8y agoI would argue that fact checkers should send a copy of the publication to everyone who was interviewed, and should be the first line of contact for "I didn't say that."
- erikpukinskis 8y ago> Is it expected that a fact checker contact everyone a journalist interviewed and go over each sentence and claim line by line and verify that it is true? Yes, this is exactly what fact checkers at top newspapers were traditionally paid to do. I have no idea how many true fact checkers are left, but you described the job precisely.