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The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking
Brooke Borel
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Description for The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking
hardcover. Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
"A column by Glenn Garvin on Dec. 20 stated that the National Science Foundation 'funded a study on Jell-O wrestling at the South Pole.' That is incorrect. The event took place during off-duty hours without NSF permission and did not involve taxpayer funds." Corrections such as this one from the Miami Herald have become a familiar sight for readers, especially as news cycles demand faster and faster publication. While some factual errors can be humorous, they nonetheless erode the credibility of the writer and the organization. And the pressure for accuracy and accountability is increasing at the same time ... Read more
"A column by Glenn Garvin on Dec. 20 stated that the National Science Foundation 'funded a study on Jell-O wrestling at the South Pole.' That is incorrect. The event took place during off-duty hours without NSF permission and did not involve taxpayer funds." Corrections such as this one from the Miami Herald have become a familiar sight for readers, especially as news cycles demand faster and faster publication. While some factual errors can be humorous, they nonetheless erode the credibility of the writer and the organization. And the pressure for accuracy and accountability is increasing at the same time ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226290768
SKU
V9780226290768
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About Brooke Borel
Brooke Borel is a contributing editor to Popular Science and a freelance science journalist. She teaches fact-checking at the Brooklyn Brainery. Borel is the author of Infested: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World, also from the University of Chicago Press.
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