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Available in | English |
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URL | factscan |
Commercial | Yes |
Launched | 2015; 10 years ago (2015) |
Current status | Inactive |
FactsCan (Facts Canada), established in 2015, is/was a Canadian federal politics fact-checker. As of March 7, 2019, their Facebook page indicates that it has gone "into indefinite hibernation." Because they have been run by a small volunteer team, they have run out of time and financial resources.
It provided resources and analysis on statements relating to federal politics in Canada, and has signed the International Fact-Checking Network fact-checkers' code of principles.
FactsCan has been covered in Canadian and international media and fact checked federal politics in Canada.
References
- "FactsCan.ca". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- "Accountable Journalism". accountablejournalism.org. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
- "New group to offer 'independent, non-partisan' election fact-checking". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
- "Harper manipulates the media - and you". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
- "Introducing Poynter's International Fact-checking Network". Poynter. October 21, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
- https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20161223/281792808684072. Retrieved 2017-08-03 – via PressReader.
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(help) - "Voices from London: reflections on the Global Fact-Checking Summit - Duke Reporters' Lab". Duke Reporters' Lab. 2015-07-28. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
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