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Sian Lee
“Fact-checking” fact checkers: A data-driven approach
Sian Lee, Aiping Xiong, Haeseung Seo and Dongwon Lee
This study examined four fact checkers (Snopes, PolitiFact, Logically, and the Australian Associated Press FactCheck) using a data-driven approach. First, we scraped 22,349 fact-checking articles from Snopes and PolitiFact and compared their results and agreement on verdicts. Generally, the two fact checkers agreed with each other, with only one conflicting verdict among 749 matching claims after adjusting minor rating differences.