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Exhibit 1101

Checking how fact-checkers check

Exhibit 1101 ยท Peer-reviewed article

Checking how fact-checkers check

Surprisingly, only one in 10 statements was found to be fact-checked by both fact-checkers.

Compares two U.S. fact-checkers (Fact Checker and PolitiFact) by inter-rater reliability. Only one in ten statements was checked by both; agreement was lower on ambiguous ratings.

Source
Chloe Lim, Research & Politics 5(3)
Date
2018
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Grade
Peer-reviewed
Document
https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168018786848
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2026-11-10
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