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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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I then instruct the fact-checker to build a table that lists all the facts it’s checking and mark each one as “true,” “false,” “ambiguous” or “unsupported.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

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 Dec. 3, 2024

Guest: Tariq Kenney-Shawa, U.S. policy fellow at Al-Shabaka and an editor and fact-checker for AJ+.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2024

And thankfully my partners at Multitude Films and the entire team, as well as our fantastic fact-checker, will all be able to say, “Actually, no, we have our receipts here. We’ve done the research.”

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2024

Many of the fact-checker groups were founded by dedicated individuals, such as MyGoPen, whose founder Charles Yeh started the chatbot service because he found his relatives would get confused by online rumors.

From Seattle Times Jan. 26, 2024

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