6. Fact-Checkers and Their Publics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Part I. The Landscape of Fact-Checking
5. Introduction 3
6. 1. Ink-Stained Fact-Checkers 22
7. 2. Objectivity, Truth Seeking, and Institutional Facts 53
8. Part II. The Work of Fact-Checking
9. 3. Choosing Facts to Check 81
10. 4. Deciding What’s True 113
11. 5. Operating the Truth-O-Meter 143
12. Part III. The Effects of Fact-Checking
13. 6. Fact-Checkers and Their Publics 171
14. 7. The Limits of Fact-Checking 210
15. Epilogue 229
16. Notes 237
17. Selected Bibliography 301
18. Index 313