Antinuclear

The facts on the ABC’s Fact Check

The ABC Fact Check budget is modest, a tiny fraction of the $10 million mischievously bandied around. ABC Fact Check does not check the media, not ABC journalists nor any others. In the age of 24/7 news, frenetic social media commentary and shrinking newspapers, it interrogates the claims of elected representatives, prominent individuals, influential institutions and lobby groups engaged in the public policy debate. I would have hoped Mr Cameron would have seen that as a positive step.

Fact-check journalism began in the US following the weapons of mass destruction debate before the 2003 Iraq invasion. It has proliferated in the US, Britain, the EU, South Africa, Ukraine, Egypt and South America.

Russell Skelton, Editor, ABC Fact Check, Ultimo  THE AUSTRALIAn 11 Feb 15

February 11, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, media