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Recent Examples of fact-check
By shifting away from traditional fact-checking partnerships, Meta may be attempting to ease these concerns and avoid further government scrutiny.
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Esat Dedezade, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Meta is rolling this out in the US first; elsewhere, the fact-checking system will remain.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
Meta plans to test out X's algorithm for Community Notes to crowdsource fact-checks that will appear across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Almost immediately, his critics—including many fellow-Republicans—began to call him on his lies and cruelties, and to fact-check his evidence.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Esat Dedezade, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Meta is rolling this out in the US first; elsewhere, the fact-checking system will remain.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
Meta plans to test out X's algorithm for Community Notes to crowdsource fact-checks that will appear across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Almost immediately, his critics—including many fellow-Republicans—began to call him on his lies and cruelties, and to fact-check his evidence.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-check
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Goldman Sachs this week revised its year-end target for gold prices to $3,300, up from $3,100, underscoring how the yellow metal’s rise this year is expected to last amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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If elected, Valencia said her goals are to work to revise the budget, making communication seamless and providing more staff for mental health services.—
David Sharos,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Editor’s note: Questions were lightly edited for clarity and brevity.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Each recorded call then had to be annotated with a horribly long list of contextual parameters.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
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Here is his 50-balls-in-play rolling exit velocity chart for last year, with the removal from that late-June game annotated.—
Eno Sarris,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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The Republicans cited other federal criminal conspiracy and money laundering laws and asked the department to rescind or redraft the memo.—
Samantha Putterman,
Austin American-Statesman,
31 Aug. 2024
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The state lawyers filed a 50-page brief at the 1st District Court of Appeal contending that Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper did not have the authority to order the panel, known as the Financial Impact Estimating Conference, to redraft the statement.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2024
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This made Android folks unwelcome in many a group chat, but Apple finally started rectifying this issue last year with the addition of RCS support in iOS.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
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Time will tell if her actions made a difference in helping rectify the brand after an internal hiccup.—
John Hall,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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In other words, some storms on Jupiter can leave behind a fingerprint, reworking the whole chemical makeup of the planet's atmosphere.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The case of the new Royale Paris has been reworked.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Some of the audio has been redacted, Cross said in his statement Monday afternoon, and faces have been blurred to protect involved individuals’ privacy, officials said.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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Many of the legal documents filed in the case have been heavily redacted or filed under seal.—
Maddy Lauria,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2025
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Throughout the night, Booker read letters from constituents worried about losing access to affordable health care, emphasizing that these concerns were not abstract but deeply personal for millions of people.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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The New Jersey Democrat at times read letters from constituents affected by actions by the administrations in its opening months.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-check. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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