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Alex Jones misrepresented old protest video as ‘celebration’ of Nicolás Maduro’s arrest
After Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s capture, social media users rapidly shared videos showing Venezuelans celebrating. But many of these videos predated his arrest by the U.S. military. One in particular […]
Related Knowledge Center: Fact-checking and its detractors
State of Play
Fact-checking has become a familiar tool for political reporters to hold office-holders and candidates accountable. But critics ask if fact-checkers sometimes miss the forest for the trees, and if the practice often struggles with false equivalency the way conventional political coverage does.