Deciding What’s True

The Rise of Political Fact-Checking in American Journalism

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Elections, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Journalism
Cover of the book Deciding What’s True by Lucas Graves, Columbia University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Lucas Graves ISBN: 9780231542227
Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication: September 6, 2016
Imprint: Columbia University Press Language: English
Author: Lucas Graves
ISBN: 9780231542227
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication: September 6, 2016
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Language: English

Over the past decade, American outlets such as PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, and the Washington Post's Fact Checker have shaken up the political world by holding public figures accountable for what they say. Cited across social and national news media, these verdicts can rattle a political campaign and send the White House press corps scrambling. Yet fact-checking is a fraught kind of journalism, one that challenges reporters' traditional roles as objective observers and places them at the center of white-hot, real-time debates. As these journalists are the first to admit, in a hyperpartisan world, facts can easily slip into fiction, and decisions about which claims to investigate and how to judge them are frequently denounced as unfair play.

Deciding What's True draws on Lucas Graves's unique access to the members of the newsrooms leading this movement. Graves vividly recounts the routines of journalists at three of these hyperconnected, technologically innovative organizations and what informs their approach to a story. Graves also plots a compelling, personality-driven history of the fact-checking movement and its recent evolution from the blogosphere, reflecting on its revolutionary remaking of journalistic ethics and practice. His book demonstrates the ways these rising organizations depend on professional networks and media partnerships yet have also made inroads with the academic and philanthropic worlds. These networks have become a vital source of influence as fact-checking spreads around the world.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Over the past decade, American outlets such as PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, and the Washington Post's Fact Checker have shaken up the political world by holding public figures accountable for what they say. Cited across social and national news media, these verdicts can rattle a political campaign and send the White House press corps scrambling. Yet fact-checking is a fraught kind of journalism, one that challenges reporters' traditional roles as objective observers and places them at the center of white-hot, real-time debates. As these journalists are the first to admit, in a hyperpartisan world, facts can easily slip into fiction, and decisions about which claims to investigate and how to judge them are frequently denounced as unfair play.

Deciding What's True draws on Lucas Graves's unique access to the members of the newsrooms leading this movement. Graves vividly recounts the routines of journalists at three of these hyperconnected, technologically innovative organizations and what informs their approach to a story. Graves also plots a compelling, personality-driven history of the fact-checking movement and its recent evolution from the blogosphere, reflecting on its revolutionary remaking of journalistic ethics and practice. His book demonstrates the ways these rising organizations depend on professional networks and media partnerships yet have also made inroads with the academic and philanthropic worlds. These networks have become a vital source of influence as fact-checking spreads around the world.

More books from Columbia University Press

Cover of the book What Remains by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book Frog in the Well by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book Shapeholders by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book Critical Cinema by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book Maya Deren by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book The Birth of Chinese Feminism by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book How Did Lubitsch Do It? by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book Asian and Feminist Philosophies in Dialogue by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book Naturalism and Normativity by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book Truth, Errors, and Lies by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book Kuhn's Legacy by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book Conflict, Conquest, and Conversion by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book Sport and the Spirit of Play in American Fiction by Lucas Graves
Cover of the book As Wide as the World Is Wise by Lucas Graves
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy