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NewsTrust dives into the fact-check business with expanded Truthsquad

Nieman Journalism Lab by Justin Ellis | Jul. 27, 2011 (News)

Just in time for the 2012 elections, the cottage industry of media fact-checking is ramping up. That latest addition is Truthsquad, which began last year as a pilot project of NewsTrust. TruthSquad will differentiate itself from its peers by bringing in the crowd, combining the talents of professional journalists with the eagerness (if not competitiveness) of the public to separate fact from less-than fact. As the Truthsquad homepage puts it, they’re ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Politics, Media
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Jul 26, 2011 - 9:18 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Fabrice Florin (review), Kristin Gorski (review), Anita Pacheco (review), Cerita Lawak (review), Ellie Kesselman (review), ec-citi UG (review), Simon Seo (review), Sirajul Islam (review), Phelix (review), Jiten Joshi (review), angrybat (review), stacyfdd (review), Aminul Islam (review), Sachin Sonje (review), hahayan (review), Plumbing services (review), nitin bhor (review), amol shirode (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Sep 14, 2011 - 7:38 PM PDT

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Fabrice Florin
3.8
 by Fabrice Florin - Jul. 27, 2011

Informative report on NewsTrust's new pro-am fact-checking project, Truthsquad.com. This article is accurate and provides useful links to factual evidence, as well as valuable context about the growth of fact-checking initiatives. A few more sources and independent perspectives would have been helpful, but overall I found this report to be relevant, thoughtful and well-written.

Disclosure: I am the subject of this article, and therefore my rating will not be counted for this evaluation. But I can attest to its accuracy, being intimately familiar with this topic. ;o)

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Sirajul Islam
4.0
 by Sirajul Islam - Aug. 21, 2011

A good story that gives us to make informed choice. Yes, 'fact-checking is something of a growth market', and challeging as it was. But market-driven factchecking? Let's see. I'm optimistic, by the way.

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angrybat
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 by angrybat - Sep. 1, 2011
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Ellie Kesselman
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 by Ellie Kesselman - Aug. 1, 2011
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Simon Seo
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 by Simon Seo - Aug. 11, 2011
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ec-citi UG
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 by ec-citi UG - Aug. 8, 2011
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stacyfdd
3.7
 by stacyfdd - Sep. 6, 2011

I like it....

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Kristin Gorski
4.1
 by Kristin Gorski - Jul. 27, 2011
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Phelix
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by Phelix - Aug. 30, 2011

yes

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Jiten Joshi
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 by Jiten Joshi - Sep. 5, 2011

good

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Cerita Lawak
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Sachin Sonje
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 by Sachin Sonje - Sep. 14, 2011

yes very good

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amol shirode
2.7
 by amol shirode - Sep. 26, 2011

yes it is good

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