fact-checker

American  

[fakt-chek-er] / ˈfæktˌtʃɛk ər /

noun

1. someone whose job is to fact-check articles, books, speeches, and other written or spoken materials.

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Example Sentences

It’s a simple enough piece, and the fact-checker deals with much of it in short order.

From Los Angeles Times

"Grok has been around for a while. It is suddenly popular now with Indians because it's the new toy in town," says Pratik Sinha, founder of Alt News, a leading fact-checker in India.

From BBC

If a fact-checker rated a post as false, Meta notified the user and added a warning label with a link to an article debunking its claims.

From Los Angeles Times

More than two years after the Supreme Court granted bail and ordered “immediate release” of Mohammed Zubair from prison, the leading Indian fact-checker and journalist is once again back in court.

From BBC

Wallace, a West Texas native with a master’s in writing from the University of Galway in Ireland, joined Texas Monthly, the Austin-based glossy magazine, as a fact-checker in 2016.

From Los Angeles Times