As Embedded Fact-Checking Grows, Reporters Need to Show Their Sources

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Five years ago, the trend began as a trickle.

A few reporters started adding a bit of extra information to their stories, declaring when a politician said something false. At the time, this was a bold move. Political stories were traditionally for news and the he-said/she-said of politics and policy; fact-checking was considered a separate genre.

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