Science

This paper focused on how much two prominent fact-checking sources, The Washington Post’s Fact Checker and PolitiFact, agreed on the statements to fact-check and the strength of their deceptiveness ratings. The study examined presidential fact-checks, and the data suggest some divergence in what to check. Deceptiveness ratings were moderately correlated for The Washington Post and PolitiFact, suggesting general agreement on the presence of falsity but indicating variability in severity assessments of false or misleading statements.