fact-check
verb
fact-checked; fact-checking; fact-checks
: to verify the factual accuracy of
fact-check the article before publication
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Shalaby was embedded at BBC Verify, the flagship fact-checking initiative, tasked with verifying footage of unspeakable horrors from Gaza.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2025
YouTuber Kristine Vike published a video fact-checking Green/SciShow’s work.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Instead, in the process of fact-checking the document, the reporters assigned to the story sent the document to the FBI, which sent it to the NSA.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
But Brennan will still be able to fact-check or challenge claims made by interview subjects, said a CBS News employee familiar with the change who spoke under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss it.
—David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2025
YouTuber Kristine Vike published a video fact-checking Green/SciShow’s work.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Instead, in the process of fact-checking the document, the reporters assigned to the story sent the document to the FBI, which sent it to the NSA.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
But Brennan will still be able to fact-check or challenge claims made by interview subjects, said a CBS News employee familiar with the change who spoke under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss it.
—David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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