Deciding what's true [electronic resource] : the rise of political fact-checking in American journalism / Lucas Graves

Author:: Graves, Lucas, 1970-
Published:: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Physical Description:: 324 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Part 1. The landscape of fact-checking -- Introduction -- Ink-stained fact-checkers -- Objectivity, truth seeking, and institutional facts -- Part 2. The work of fact-checking -- Choosing facts to check -- Deciding what's true -- Operating the truth-o-meter -- Part 3. The effects of fact-checking -- Fact-checkers and their publics -- The limits of fact-checking -- Epilogue.

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9780231175067 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780231175074 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780231542227 (e-book)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-312) and index.

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