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Recent Examples of fact-check
In relation to the 2016 election, the Meta chief, who has a history of tacking where political winds blow, followed other tech companies in partnering with fact-checking groups to police content on its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
That will include the elimination of fact-checking programs in a move to a community notes model, similar to what Elon Musk’s X uses.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
Since Meta pays fact checkers for their work, some fact-checking organizations — most of which are non-profits — heavily rely on the company to survive.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
Our fact-check sources Nihal Saad, Dec. 19, Email exchange with USA TODAY
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, Nov. 27, Cascais Declaration on the Tenth Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
Thank you for supporting our journalism.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
That will include the elimination of fact-checking programs in a move to a community notes model, similar to what Elon Musk’s X uses.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
Since Meta pays fact checkers for their work, some fact-checking organizations — most of which are non-profits — heavily rely on the company to survive.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
Our fact-check sources Nihal Saad, Dec. 19, Email exchange with USA TODAY
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, Nov. 27, Cascais Declaration on the Tenth Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
Thank you for supporting our journalism.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-check
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Guess revised its full-year revenue guidance to 7-8% growth from a previous expectation of 9.5% and 11.0% growth.Trefis Team, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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This bill revises laws related to private activity bonds.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for length and clarity.Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Editor’s note: Quotes have been lightly edited for length and clarity.Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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The rideshare company has a new division, called Scaled Solutions, which provides contractors to clients for the data labeling and annotating work used to develop AI models.Richard Nieva, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Annotating pens and highlighters If your favorite reader loves to annotate their hard copies, set them up for success with some supplies.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
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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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Actually, the bill rectifies the unfair practice of cutting Social Security for the private sector work these employees have done.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ranieri rectified that and doesn’t seem to care that as long as Dybala keeps playing, his contract will be automatically renewed with a salary escalator; something De Rossi and Juric always had in the backs of their minds.James Horncastle, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Some of his promises — reworking content filters, for example — will be hard to track directly.The Editors, National Review, 8 Jan. 2025
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Such surprises can delay timelines by months and require reworking entire segments.Katherine Latham, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The identity of that person is redacted in court documents.Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2025
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Some of the messages are redacted or have the senders’ and recipients’ names omitted.Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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The bottom line In a sign of how much investors are currently worried about inflation returning, the Institute for Supply Management’s services index, an inflation reading typically secondary to more significant data points like the consumer price index, is sending shockwaves through the market.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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Send submissions here and read more Metropolitan Diary here.James Barron, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-check. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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