fact-check

verb

ˈfak(t)-ˌchek 

fact-checked; fact-checking; fact-checks

transitive verb

: to verify the factual accuracy of

fact-check the article before publication

fact-checker

ˈfak(t)-ˌche-kər 

noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Diminishing fact-checking efforts at social media platforms like Twitter means disinformation runs rampant. —Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 1 June 2023

Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. —Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023

In response to this rhetorical question, the mainstream press’s hyperactive fact-checking apparatus has gone quiet, a silence rendered more conspicuous by the sheer audacity of Trump’s conclusions. —The Editors, National Review, 1 June 2023

The town hall format was ridiculed internally and externally, as Trump was able to play to cheering supporters in the audience and deliver falsehoods at a faster rate than moderator Kaitlan Collins could fact-check. —Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023

Twitter boosts its crowdsourced fact-checking efforts. —David Meyer, Fortune, 31 May 2023

Clara Hendrickson fact-checks Michigan issues and politics as a corps member with Report for America, an initiative of The GroundTruth Project. —Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2023

The ease of creating fakes, coupled with the viral nature of a platform like Twitter, means that false information can spread faster than it can be fact-checked. —Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 23 May 2023

According to Musk, his tweets are in fact subject to Twitter’s content-labeling policies, as well as the platform’s Community Notes feature that uses crowdsourcing to fact-check content. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 May 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above