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Fact checking

Buzzfeed’s Tom Phillips aims to grow Full Fact into ‘all-conquering behemoth of accuracy’ as he is appointed fact-checking charity’s new editor

Independent fact-checking organisation Full Fact has appointed former Buzzfeed editorial director Tom Phillips as its new editor. Phillips starts in…

By Freddy Mayhew

Channel 4 News Factcheck team dismisses claims of ‘nefarious media conspiracy’ against Corbyn in lack of peace prize coverage

Channel 4 News’s fact-checking arm has dismissed claims that the “mainstream media” did not report on Jeremy Corbyn winning a…

By Freddy Mayhew

Google partners up with fact-checking network to help grow and support practice globally

Google has announced a partnership with a global fact-checking network with a view to boosting its ranks and expanding the…

By Freddy Mayhew