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Google News - Fact Check

 
 
gollum
 
Reply Sat 8 Apr, 2017 11:23 am
I read that Google - News has a fact-check feature. So I went to https://news.google.com/news .

I see numerous articles but no indication that they are fact-checked.
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Sat 8 Apr, 2017 11:56 am
@gollum,
But I wish they'd overhaul their spellcheck
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Blickers
 
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Reply Sat 8 Apr, 2017 03:57 pm
@gollum,
I think there are only certain news stories in which Fact Check is applicable. If a speaker says that such a law is unconstitutional, Google might have some people with legal knowledge check to see if there are Supreme Court decisions favoring or opposing that law. That's fact check.

On the other hand, if six witnesses see and a video shows somebody walk up to his neighbor and hit him in the head with a shovel, that news story would not be Fact Checked, since the facts are not in question.
gollum
 
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Reply Sun 9 Apr, 2017 07:23 am
@Blickers,
Blickers-

Thank you.

Can you find one article in Google.com/news with the Fact Check imprimatur?
Blickers
 
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Reply Sun 9 Apr, 2017 10:59 pm
@gollum,
Here's one. If you look under the title of the main article, they have a Fact Check for a related article you can click on.

http://i68.tinypic.com/23mwll5.jpg

Also, if you write "Google News Fact Check Trump Syria Missiles Unconstitutional" for Google search you get a list of Fact Checks, including Politifact. Apparently, Google News is also using snopes.com as a Fact Check.
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