S2 EP4: What IS Fact-Checking?




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Summary: This week's episode is focused on a very specialized job in journalism: the Fact-Checker. Our guide is journalism's <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=OG" target="_blank">OG</a> of information verification, Pulitzer Prize winner <a href="https://twitter.com/BillAdairDuke?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank">Bill Adair</a>. He explains the origins, methodology, and challenges of fact-checking in a "post-truth" world. Plus, how journalists are partnering with technologists to build tools that they hope can make the very word "fact" less politically charged. GO DEEPER: Post-truth politics and why <a href="https://theconversation.com/post-truth-politics-and-why-the-antidote-isnt-simply-fact-checking-and-truth-87364" target="_blank">the antidote isn't just fact-checking</a>. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/27/18029490/cesar-sayoc-mail-bombs-twitter-instagram-misinformation" target="_blank">Platforms driving users</a> to misinformation. There's such a thing as <a href="https://www.poynter.org/news/khashoggi-misinformation-highlights-growing-number-fake-fact-checkers" target="_blank">fake fact-checkers</a>. <a href="https://www.cjr.org/innovations/brazil-election-comprova-fact-checking.php" target="_blank">Fact-checkers going OT</a> in Brazil. Google is working on <a href="https://www.poynter.org/news/google-building-search-engine-fact-checks" target="_blank">a fact-checking search engine</a>. Fact-checking is <a href="https://observer.com/2018/10/fact-checking-associated-press-daniel-radcliffe-lifespan-of-a-fact/" target="_blank">on Broadway</a>. How Facebook is <a href="https://www.poynter.org/news/facebook-now-downranking-stories-false-headlines" target="_blank">downplaying false headlines</a>. Why this journalist fell for this <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/10/18/i-fell-facebook-fake-news-heres-why-millions-you-did-too/" target="_blank">fake video</a>. **Who You’ll Hear: ** Manoush Zomorodi (@manoush) Bill Adair @BillAdairDuke ZigZag is the business show about being human. Join a community of listeners riding the twists and turns of late-capitalism, searching for a kinder, more sustainable way. Manoush Zomorodi and Jen Poyant investigate how work and business impact our wellbeing and the planet we live on. On Seasons 4 and 5, hear from rebels and visionaries with radical ideas on how we can build stable lives, careers, and companies. **If you’re also interested in Jen and Manoush’s personal story and their adventures in starting their own business with a little help from blockchain technology, listen to the first three seasons, starting with Season 1, Chapter 1.