The Chicago guide to fact-checking

Resource Information

The work The Chicago guide to fact-checking represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The Chicago guide to fact-checking

Statement of responsibility

Brooke Borel

Title variation

Fact-checking

Creator

• Borel, Brooke

Author

• Borel, Brooke

Subject

• Internet research
• Internet research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Research
• Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Handbooks and manuals
• Handbooks and manuals

Genre

• Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Handbooks and manuals

Language

eng

Summary

"A column by Glenn Garvin on Dec. 20 stated that the National Science Foundation 'funded a study on Jell-O wrestling at the South Pole.' That is incorrect. The event took place during off-duty hours without NSF permission and did not involve taxpayer funds." Corrections such as this one from the Miami Herald have become a familiar sight for readers, especially as news cycles demand faster and faster publication. While some factual errors can be humorous, they nonetheless erode the credibility of the writer and the organization. And the pressure for accuracy and accountability is increasing at the same time as in-house resources for fact-checking are dwindling. Anyone who needs or wants to learn how to verify names, numbers, quotations, and facts is largely on their own. Enter The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking, an accessible, one-stop guide to the why, what, and how of contemporary fact-checking

Member of

• Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Cataloging source

ICU/DLC

Dewey number

001.4/202854678

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

ZA3075

LC item number

.B67 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing