Was your question asked to fact-checker Angie Drobnic Holan?
Angie Drobnic Holan
20 October 2020
A couple of weeks ago we ran a competition to ask for your questions to put to Angie Drobnic Holan, Editor-in-Chief of Politifact - a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims made in the media. Angie and her team go through what people from the election campaigns say and check whether they are true, based on evidence. We had so many great questions but could only choose 6...was yours one of them? Find out below!
How do you tell what is fact and what is false?
meticulous_twilight, Birchwood Primary School
What do you do when you find fake news?
compelling_mouse, Faringdon Community College
Is it possible for fake news to get past fact-checkers?
impartial_shark, Boutcher Primary School
Have you ever called something false when it was later revealed to be fact?
ingenious_forest, Faringdon Community College
Is all fake news bad for an election?
insightful_orca, Ormiston Bushfield Academy
What happens if a famous person posts fake news?
eager_reflection, Cheam Park Farm Primary School
Bonus question: What advice would you give someone who wants to be a fact-checker?
Tom @ The BNC
Thank you to Angie Drobnic Holan for her answers! You can see how Politifact checks what politicians, famous people and social media-sharers say by checking out the website - www.politifact.com
Why do you think fact-checking is so important?
Which of the Burnet News Club skills do you think is most important for fact-checking - speaking, listening, problem-solving or creativity?
Comments (5)
14 Oct 2020
Hi everyone,
I think that problem solving is the most essential skill for fact-checking.
I think this because if you want to verify if something's true or false, you need to be able to track down all views of a story. Then you'd have to see which are the firm facts and which could be untruths. Finally, if you can't find two stories that are similar, you should try and pick the most likely story. In my opinion, this all comes under the title of problem solving.
From selfassured_journalist
14 Oct 2020
To people who want to be a fact-checker, I would advise trying to accomplish the things I wrote in my above comment. Bye!
14 Oct 2020
Fact checking is important so you know what's real and what are untruths.
15 Oct 2020
I think that fact-checking is really important because you don’t want to be telling people false information and you want to make sure the facts that you are saying are true. Fact-checking is useful when you are not sure if the information is true or false. I think that creativity is the best for fact-checking because you have to know when you see fake news that it is actually fake news and if you use your creativity you can imagine what someone who writes fake news thinks like.
22 Oct 2020
it is very good
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