• 5gruel@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    in what world would independent fact checking down to the level of individual quotes be feasible for an online magazine? you can’t be serious.

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        2 months ago

        I highly doubt that. how would that even work? a third-party to the publisher would have to check every statement before the issue goes to print. I can’t imagine this happening for anything that is not research papers or official reports.

        but I happy to learn something new.

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          2 months ago

          This can and should be done internally. Why would it need to be a third party? Any publisher that cares about their reputation anyway. Fact-checkers are a real thing. They routinely follow up on interviews to make sure authors aren’t bullshitting.