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Lack of Centralized Database for News Retractions

The absence of a centralized, independent database for tracking retractions and corrections in major U.S. news networks, unlike the Retraction Watch Database for scientific literature.

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Feb 4, 2026

Are there independent databases tracking retractions and corrections for major U.S. news networks?

There is equivalent to that systematically catalogs retractions and corrections for major news networks; instead the public record is fragmented across specialist watchdogs, fact-checking projects and...