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After we experienced a problem trying to file a complaint about Snopes.com with the International Fact-Checking Network, we tried to reach out to the IFCN to make sure the complaint got filed.
Zebra Fact Check developed this resource to supplement a critique of an May 13, 2022 fact check from Logically Fact Check. See the search parameters and results (yours may vary from ours despite the search terms matching) here. 2000: Pain and stress in the human fetus 2001: Umbilical cortisol levels as an indicator of the fetal stress response to assisted…
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After finding a failed fact check at LogicallyAI, one of Meta’s “fact-checking partners,” Zebra Fact Check sent a correction request using the form provided under each LogicallyAI fact check. And after no apparent response within the promised 48 hours, we sent a second communication asking why LogicallyAI had neither responded nor fixed the flawed fact check.
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The title says it all, given that we’re posting a commentary article about this particular complaint.
In a December 2022 fact check, Snopes.com claimed PolitiFact debunked the claim that a diary for a time in the possession of Project Veritas was authentic. That claim was false. We know the diary is authentic even if alleged contents of the diary have not been confirmed. PolitiFact’s fact check “debunked” claims about the contents of the diary, not the…
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After PolitiFact failed to respond to a correction request we sent on Dec. 20, 2022, Zebra Fact Check submitted a formal complaint to the International Fact-Checking Network on Jan. 10, 2023.
When PolitiFact Wisconsin perpetuated PolitiFact’s inconsistent approach to rating claims about the gender pay gap with a Dec. 16, 2022 fact check of Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Zebra Fact Check sent a correction request. As of this date (Jan. 10, 2023), we have noted no effort by PolitiFact or PolitiFact Wisconsin to address its inconsistency. PolitiFact acknowledged our request with its…
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