Truth-O-Meter, Franchised: PolitiFact Places its Bets on Expanding to States

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By: Justin Ellis | Nieman Journalism Lab

Fact-checking has seen an interesting progression in recent years, evolving into a stand-alone form of news — as evidenced not just by PolitiFact (a project of the St. Petersburg Times) but also by Factcheck.org, and NewsTrust’s new TruthSquad site. Instead of simply being an ingredient in reporting, fact-checking went front and center, working as the main content for a site or in concert with other stories. And PolitiFact, for its part, was seen as a method of journalism that strived to inform the public on issues through sustained investigation of claims from public officials on a national level: the president, Congress, and the talking heads who circle both.































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