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Fact-Checking

December 6, 2019 admin Ethics AdviceLine 0

 

Fact-checking:  “A perfectly checked article, after all, can still be fundamentally wrong about its assumptions or conclusions,” writes Colin Dickey.

Being fastidious about little things can lead to reader trust, but facts can be more work than they are worth.

 


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