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Back to school sale on Factual webinars and resources! (opens the original)
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September’s always had that back-to-school energy: fresh starts, the desire to learn new skills, and the sudden urge to get your s*** together.In that spirit, I’m putting all of Factual’s webinars and resources on sale this month. Use FCSKILLS2026 to get 10% off until the end of the month! (Trainings not included)Here’s a rundown of what you can grab:How to annotate anything for fact-checking: This is for reporters, authors, podcasters, or documentary film producers (or anyone else) who’s star
The traditional ways of thinking about fact-checking aren’t enough anymore (opens the original)
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Throughout the last year, I’ve watched newsroom budgets shrink for fact-checking and multiple outlets who usually use fact-checkers get duped. Last fall, Tech Review—on outlet I’ve written for and gotten fact-checked at— retracted a story about a company that serves the ‘faith ecosystem.’ The writer seemed to have made unsubstantiated claims that got past the magazine’s usual editorial processes, all the way to publication.Then, there was Margaux Blanchard, an AI agent that trickster Andrew Frel
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