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Fact Checking Quotes

It would be impossible to be fact-checking Donald Trump all the time Picture Quote #1

In most daily journalism, you only fact-check something if it seems a little fishy Picture Quote #1

Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology Picture Quote #1

‘Fact checking’ is opinion journalism pretending to be some sort of heightened objectivity Picture Quote #1

The internet connects us all and provides this fabulous fact-checking mechanism, and yet at the same time, the power of lies is conveyed much more efficiently now because they’re accepted so fast Picture Quote #1

People don’t bother to check with anything anymore. They just like to speculate in print. We like fact-checking! Picture Quote #1

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You can’t control the fact that you are born a white man or born into wealth. When people say, ‘Check your privilege,’ they’re saying, ‘Acknowledge how these factors helped you move through life.’ They’re not saying apologize for it Picture Quote #1

The problem is that with blogging, the model is publish first, maybe fact-check later. In newspapers, the model is you fact check first and then publish. But those models are merging Picture Quote #1

You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I’d end up feeling totally insecure about myself Picture Quote #1

You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who’s Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts Picture Quote #1

Fact-checking doesn’t exist primarily because some of us are liars and cheats. It exists because writers will be writers, much as they may mean to be historians Picture Quote #1

When you use the language of ‘fact checking’ to talk about a film, I think you’re sort of fundamentally misunderstanding how art works. You don’t fact check Monet’s ‘Water Lilies.’ That’s not what water lilies look like; that’s what the sensation of experiencing water lilies feel like. That’s the goal of the piece Picture Quote #1

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This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the media’s inability - or unwillingness - to fact-check Republicans who are angry about the Democrats trying to debate and vote on Iraq policy Picture Quote #1

[Some outlets] shouldn’t even call themselves news providers; they’re just entertainment gossip without any sort of accountability or fact-checking Picture Quote #1

I grew up in a family of storytellers, but Google has destroyed us because you can fact-check everything. We’d always like the stories to be a little better than they were Picture Quote #1

There is no fact-checking on tertiary celebrities. You can say whatever you’d like, and it will just rise up again Picture Quote #1

I’m not in the news business and won’t tell people how to do their job. I’d like to restore trust in the news business, though, and feel that restoring fact-checking will really help. News business realities mean that such fact-checking has to be practical, it has to be fast and cheap Picture Quote #1

I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they’re the voice of God. I think it’s just honest to say, yes, you know where I’m coming from but you can fact-check anything I say Picture Quote #1

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In fact Sarah Palin has created more jobs than Obama has. She created eleven jobs fact-checking at the AP just for the Palin autobiography Picture Quote #1

When did fact checking and journalism go their separate ways? Picture Quote #1

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts Picture Quote #1

I do a little fact checking now and then. Other than that its impact is simply that email has revolutionized communication for me, and my website has built up a community of readers, which is a lot of fun Picture Quote #1

In principle, there’s nothing wrong with the concept of an infographic. What concerns me is the types of things that people are doing with them. They get far off topic, or the fact checking is really poor. The infographic may be neat, but if the information it’s based on is simply wrong, then it’s misleading people Picture Quote #1

I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research Picture Quote #1

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It would be impossible to be fact-checking Donald Trump all the time (Fact Checking Quotes) In most daily journalism, you only fact-check something if it seems a little fishy (Fact Checking Quotes) Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology (Fact Checking Quotes) ‘Fact checking’ is opinion journalism pretending to be some sort of heightened objectivity (Fact Checking Quotes) The internet connects us all and provides this fabulous fact-checking mechanism, and yet at the same time, the power of lies is conveyed much more efficiently now because they’re accepted so fast. (Fact Checking Quotes) People don’t bother to check with anything anymore. They just like to speculate in print. We like fact-checking! (Fact Checking Quotes) You can’t control the fact that you are born a white man or born into wealth. When people say, ‘Check your privilege,’ they’re saying, ‘Acknowledge how these factors helped you move through life.’ They’re not saying apologize for it. (Fact Checking Quotes) The problem is that with blogging, the model is publish first, maybe fact-check later. In newspapers, the model is you fact check first and then publish. But those models are merging. (Fact Checking Quotes) You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I’d end up feeling totally insecure about myself. (Fact Checking Quotes) You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who’s Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts. (Fact Checking Quotes) Fact-checking doesn’t exist primarily because some of us are liars and cheats. It exists because writers will be writers, much as they may mean to be historians. (Fact Checking Quotes) When you use the language of ‘fact checking’ to talk about a film, I think you’re sort of fundamentally misunderstanding how art works. You don’t fact check Monet’s ‘Water Lilies.’ That’s not what water lilies look like; that’s what the sensation of experiencing water lilies feel like. That’s the goal of the piece. (Fact Checking Quotes) This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the media’s inability - or unwillingness - to fact-check Republicans who are angry about the Democrats trying to debate and vote on Iraq policy. (Fact Checking Quotes) [Some outlets] shouldn’t even call themselves news providers; they’re just entertainment gossip without any sort of accountability or fact-checking. (Fact Checking Quotes) I grew up in a family of storytellers, but Google has destroyed us because you can fact-check everything. We’d always like the stories to be a little better than they were. (Fact Checking Quotes) There is no fact-checking on tertiary celebrities. You can say whatever you’d like, and it will just rise up again (Fact Checking Quotes) I’m not in the news business and won’t tell people how to do their job. I’d like to restore trust in the news business, though, and feel that restoring fact-checking will really help. News business realities mean that such fact-checking has to be practical, it has to be fast and cheap (Fact Checking Quotes) I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they’re the voice of God. I think it’s just honest to say, yes, you know where I’m coming from but you can fact-check anything I say (Fact Checking Quotes) In fact Sarah Palin has created more jobs than Obama has. She created eleven jobs fact-checking at the AP just for the Palin autobiography (Fact Checking Quotes) When did fact checking and journalism go their separate ways? (Fact Checking Quotes) All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts (Fact Checking Quotes) I do a little fact checking now and then. Other than that its impact is simply that email has revolutionized communication for me, and my website has built up a community of readers, which is a lot of fun (Fact Checking Quotes) In principle, there’s nothing wrong with the concept of an infographic. What concerns me is the types of things that people are doing with them. They get far off topic, or the fact checking is really poor. The infographic may be neat, but if the information it’s based on is simply wrong, then it’s misleading people (Fact Checking Quotes) I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research (Fact Checking Quotes)