Fact-Checkers Proposed For Nobel Peace Prize Fact-Checkers Proposed For Nobel Peace Prize This year, I have nominated fact checkers for the Nobel Peace Prize. They need our support, Skei Grande added.
Trine Skei Grandeproposed International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) for the famous peace prize.
Oslo, Norway:
With truth famously known as the first casualty of war, a Norwegian parliamentarian announced Thursday that she is nominating fact-checkers for this year s Nobel Peace Prize.
Announcing the nomination on Twitter, Trine Skei Grande, a former leader of Norway s Liberal Party, noted that we live in a time when fighting lies is so important that @JoeBiden mentioned it in his speech yesterday .
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If there’s anything that everyone across the political spectrum can agree on, it’s that misinformation is widespread. It’s easy to feel powerless, but there are ways that ordinary people can play a role in the solution.
As tech companies and researchers continue working to thwart a range of “information disorder,” experts say that ordinary citizens can also play important roles in combating online untruths. Consider it a cyber civic duty.
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Nobody likes being wrong. But what if corrections came from someone you trust? Experts urge Americans to fight misinformation as a shared responsibility.
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Rep. Keith Ellison claims he hasn’t supported his friend Louis Farrakhan for more than a decade. It’s a lie that is easily disproven. In fact, WaPo just fact-checked Ellison proving he’s a liar.
In 2016, Ellison wanted to be DNC chair and claimed he disavowed Farrakhan a decade or more before, Ellison appeared on Morning Joe and claimed, “We’re talking about something that happened in 1995. This was the year that the Million Man March took off. People were attacking the march at the time. . . . Man, I’m telling you back in 2006 and before, I disavowed them. That’s the ridiculous thing about this, that we keep on having to answer this kind of stuff.”