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• Fact-checking as an act of courage

  By Brooks DeCillia Verified| J-Source Verified Why even bother? The unnerving question echoed in my head as I lectured. Hours after Donald Trump’s inauguration speech filled with false claims, I delivered a surreal class to journalism students about fact-checking, wondering internally if journalism’s seemingly meagre arsenal can mount any challenge to misinformation’s mighty militia. I mouthed the usual – normative – words about the “essential value” of journalists as truth-tellers. Journalists as watchdogs.

  By Brooks DeCillia Verified · J-Source

  Mar. 10, 2025

• Fact-checking alone won’t be enough to save democracy

  By Brooks DeCillia Verified| J-Source Verified In the wake of Donald Trump’s political resurrection, acclaimed Canadian author and journalist Jeet Heer wonders if “one of the best parts of journalism” still works. “My speech is a little bit of a provocation,” said Heer in the opening to his keynote address, kicking off a national conference seeking to reimagine political journalism hosted by Carleton University in mid-November.

  By Brooks DeCillia Verified · J-Source

  Dec. 02, 2024

• Fact-checking as an act of courage

  By Brooks DeCillia Verified| J-Source Verified Why even bother? The unnerving question echoed in my head as I lectured. Hours after Donald Trump’s inauguration speech filled with false claims, I delivered a surreal class to journalism students about fact-checking, wondering internally if journalism’s seemingly meagre arsenal can mount any challenge to misinformation’s mighty militia. I mouthed the usual – normative – words about the “essential value” of journalists as truth-tellers. Journalists as watchdogs.

  By Brooks DeCillia Verified · J-Source

  Mar. 10, 2025

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