Counting the Pinocchios: The effect of summary fact-checking data on perceived accuracy and favorability of politicians

Counting the Pinocchios: The effect of summary fact-checking data on perceived accuracy and favorability of politicians

Can the media effectively hold politicians accountable for making false claims? Journalistic fact-checking assesses the accuracy of individual public statements by public officials, but less is known about whether this process effectively imposes reputational costs on misinformation-prone politician...

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Main Authors: Alexander Agadjanian, Nikita Bakhru, Victoria Chi, Devyn Greenberg, Byrne Hollander, Alexander Hurt, Joseph Kind, Ray Lu, Annie Ma, Brendan Nyhan, Daniel Pham, Michael Qian, Mackinley Tan, Clara Wang, Alexander Wasdahl, Alexandra Woodruff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-08-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168019870351

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https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168019870351

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