Fact-Check Review #4

In the fourth edition of the SPOTLIGHT Fact-Check Review, members of the European Broadcasting Union joined Maria Flannery, Thais Porto and Thomas Hougaard, who broke down recent fact-checks carried out and published by the Eurovision Social Newswire.

The team presented real examples from the past month, walked attendees through the fact-checking process step-by-step, and discussed the challenges faced during the fact-checks and how they were overcome.

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Fact-checks in this episode

Photo purporting to show U.S. immigration officer grabbing girl at school is AI-generated

Image said to be related to current fighting in DRC is from 1994

Narayana Murthy article about ‘limited interaction between girls and boys’ is not genuine

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Upcoming Fact-Check Reviews

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