Fact-Checkers are Helpers, Not Saviors, in the Information Wars

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The remarkable performance of CNN’s Daniel Dale after the Republican National Convention last week – where in three minutes he summarily debunked 21 of President Donald Trump’s falsehoods – brought fresh attention to the art of fact-checking.

It was, wrote the Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan, “a tour de force of fact-checking that left CNN anchor Anderson Cooper looking slightly stunned.” Sullivan described Dale as a national treasure (not the first time he’s been given that title).

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