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Deciding What's True : the Rise of Political Fact-Checking in American Journalism.
Over the past decade, American outlets such as PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, and the Washington Post's Fact Checker have shaken up the political world by holding public figures accountable for what they say. Cited across social and national news media, these verdicts can rattle a political campaig...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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La Vergne :
Columbia University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of Contents ; Acknowledgments; Part I. The Landscape of Fact-Checking; Introduction; 1. Ink-Stained Fact-Checkers ; 2. Objectivity, Truth Seeking, and Institutional Facts ; Part II. The Work of Fact-Checking; 3. Choosing Facts to Check; 4. Deciding What's True ; 5. Operating the Truth-O-Meter ; Part III. The Effects of Fact-Checking ; 6. Fact-Checkers and Their Publics ; 7. The Limits of Fact-Checking ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Selected Bibliography ; Index.