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Fact-checking practices

The importance of fact-checking in news reporting, including the use of verification tools and dedicated fact-check units.

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Jan 15, 2026
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How did fact‑checking organizations determine the viral 'rap sheet' belonged to a different person, and what identifiers did they use?

Fact‑checking organizations concluded the viral “rap sheet” circulating after the Minneapolis ICE shooting did not belong to the victim by tracing the image to public records and spotting inconsistent...

Feb 7, 2026

Is apnews a credible source of news?

is widely used, institutionally established and routinely rated as highly factual by multiple evaluators, but its coverage is also described by several media-watchers as leaning left — a tension that ...

Feb 1, 2026

How have fact-checkers and reputational research firms evaluated and debunked pedophile claims about Bill Gates?

Fact-checkers and established reporting have treated the in newly released files as unverified, noting the claims largely appear in Epstein’s draft notes to himself and contain no corroborating eviden...

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