How to Use fact-check in a Sentence
fact-check
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Any fact-checks will be weighed against moments where there were none at all.
— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 June 2024 -
There’s no way to fact-check the secrets; Frank takes those sharing them at their word.
— Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta.
— Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024 -
Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta.
— Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024 -
Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta.
— Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024 -
Heinrich drew the ire of Fox opinion hosts by tweeting a fact-check on some of Trump’s claims.
— David Bauder, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2023 -
The athlete said that his father would come across crazy tabloid stories from time to time and call him to fact-check.
— Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024 -
Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook.
— Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023 -
False, according to a fact-checking page the agency has set up.
— Miles Bryan, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024 -
Will Tapper and Bash fact-check in real time, a Herculean task when Trump is talking?
— Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2024 -
Coordinate the roadmap for long-term 538 projects with a special eye to the demands of our fact-checking process.
— 538 and Abc News, ABC News, 21 May 2024 -
And in those long interviews, many hosts aren’t fact-checking or pushing back all that much.
— Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024 -
Here are four fact-checks on the main claims about Helene recovery efforts.
— Rhona Tarrant, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2024 -
Do Your Research There are several fact-checking sites on the web.
— David Nield, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023 -
The Community Notes system is made up of X users who volunteer to fact-check posts on the site.
— WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023 -
Twitter added fact-checking context to the post, pointing out that Gomez did not attend this year.
— Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 4 May 2023 -
Community notes allow users on X to fact-check false posts on the platform.
— Sean Lyngaas, CNN, 9 Oct. 2023 -
Chatbots can fail to fact-check and verify the source of any information.
— Michael Kan, PCMAG, 21 July 2023 -
Claims to the contrary were fact-checked by some Fox News journalists and the network’s own research department.
— Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023 -
Clarke raised multiple false claims which Ohage was unprepared for (as these could not be fact-checked in real time), and in 1903, the law was repealed.
— Time, 22 June 2023 -
And in early 2024, Meta’s third-party fact-checking partners will be able to review and rate false content on Threads.
— Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023 -
The now-defunct site was created in 2008 as a way to filter and fact-check political news shared by the media.
— Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024 -
Look for a more realistic outlook, fact-check your thoughts and take action.
— Luciana Paulise, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023 -
The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by a content review team.
— Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024 -
Adam Schiff fact-checked over incorrect electoral claims ...
— Fox News Staff, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023 -
Collins’ attempts to perform fact-checks in real time have often proved futile.
— Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023 -
Meta said the change to the News tab does not affect its fact-checking network and review of misinformation.
— Sallee Ann Harrison, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Our fact-check sources: Thank you for supporting our journalism.
— USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024 -
These fact-checking systems have faced headwinds from all sides of the political spectrum.
— Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 -
Last year, Alphabet, Meta, and X reduced the size of their trust and safety teams and Meta completely abandoned a project building a new fact-checking tool as a result of cuts.
— Makena Kelly, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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