What happens when two incendiary topics — such as the protests generated by George Floyd’s killing and the spread of COVID-19 — become the source of so many falsehoods at the same time? Well, fact-checkers gather their teams, expand their media literacy efforts and write articles that can touch both issues simultaneously.
In this column, you will find some interesting lessons that MediaWise and PolitiFact have learned in the United States in the last seven days. Both organizations are verified signatories of IFCN’s Code of Principles and part of the Poynter Institute.
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Source: When COVID-19 collided with protests, fact-checkers found ways to blend their work | Poynter