fact-check

American  

[fakt-chek] / ˈfæktˌtʃɛk /

verb (used with object)

1. to confirm the truth of (an assertion made in speech or writing), often as part of the research or editorial process.

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noun

1. the action of confirming the truth of an assertion made in speech or writing.

   A fact-check of the senator’s speech revealed several misleading comments about his opponent.

Other Word Forms

• fact-checker noun
• fact-checking noun

Etymology

Origin of fact-check

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Meta Platforms says it will reverse course, ending fact-checking and removing restrictions on speech on Facebook and Instagram.

From The Wall Street Journal

AFP currently works in 26 languages with Meta's fact-checking program, including in Asia, Latin America, and the European Union.

From Barron's

“It’s looking at the production in front of you and saying, ‘Oh, that is written really well, but I actually need to fact-check this.’”

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Brooke-Hitching provides no way for the reader to fact-check his assertions, but he does offer a glossary to clear up the meanings of such terms as buoyant, pseudonym and venom.

From The Wall Street Journal

But female guests don’t have their phones or any other resources that might help them formulate informed responses or fact-check Atlas’s dubious statistics.

From Salon