Topic: “Fact-checking”

Posted in Behind the News

Fact-checking to ‘reach deeper' into communities

, by Lauren Easton

As the Nov. 6 U.S. midterm elections approach, AP has stepped up efforts to fact-check political misinformation circulating at the local, state and national levels. 

Posted in Industry Insights

How and when we work with outside groups

, by Lauren Easton

In some cases AP works with nonprofit foundations and other news organizations that share and support our mission of objective, unbiased newsgathering.

Posted in Behind the News

Scrambling across continents to fact-check the pope

, by Lauren Easton

During his in-flight press conference heading home from South America last month, Pope Francis said he could not remove a bishop implicated in a sexual abuse scandal in Chile because he had never heard from any victims about the bishop’s behavior. 

Posted in Industry Insights

AP's top editor: Journalism today must be ‘unimpeachable’

, by Lauren Easton

“The time for shock and awe is over,” Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Sally Buzbee told the Japan National Press Club.

Posted in Announcements

Bringing AP Fact Checks to Twitter

, by Lauren Easton

A new AP Fact Check Twitter account launched today makes it easier to follow AP’s fact-checking and debunking of misinformation online.

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