When we verify facts, we usually start by checking the source, its history, location and credentials. Although efficient, this process is as time-consuming as it is tedious and it makes news reporting a challenge.
One of the problems is that online misinformation is rarely a plain lie. Fact-checkers are expected to recognise all shades of inaccurate, agenda-driven, doctored or altogether fabricated.
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