Investigate (an issue) in order to verify the facts.
I didn't fact-check the assertions in the editorial
reporters can't be expected to fact-check every quotation
Example sentencesExamples
They look at the facts and fact-check them.
On the Internet, nobody fact-checks, nobody goes to the source, and nobody discloses where they got their information from.
It's not the job of a paper to fact-check the utterance of every person quoted.
Most bloggers fail to fact-check.
Did you fact-check that claim with the police department?
With the assistance of her high-speed Internet connection, she scans and fact-checks her suitor's resume.
It would be nice if there were time and money to fact-check all our daily reporting, but there isn't.
When we find a story that we disagree with we ruthlessly fact-check every statement in order to find weaknesses.
The folks there debunk and fact-check articles and speeches by prominent politicos and commentators from all corners of the political spectrum.
They would be asked to substantiate each claim, and there would be a jury of statisticians to fact-check whatever they said.
I love the speed at which incorrect stuff gets fact-checked online!
I don't actually propose to fact-check the world's press, but I hope to provide links to some good corrections and perhaps to point out an error from time to time.
Are the media fact-checking both candidates with equal fervor?
How can you fact-check information from a personal or social website?
When you write for The New Yorker every aspect of your story is fact-checked.
If we had more time, we'd fact-check the whole speech.
Maybe someone should fact-check the email.
Once in a while, it's interesting to fact-check anecdotes.
Members of the new media dove in and began fact-checking the accusations, leading to yet more questions and contradictions.
Are they a powerful mechanism for fact-checking the mainstream media or a new form of vigilante justice?
Derivatives
fact checker
noun
Maybe you need a fact checker to check your work?
Example sentencesExamples
He's the new fact checker for the New York Times.
The New Yorker is reportedly filled to the brim with fact checkers, whose sole job is to verify every single fact in a story, however trivial.
I like your publication but you could use a good fact checker.
As a fact checker, I'm responsible for verifying every last name, number, and nuance of every article I see.
Definition of fact-check in US English:
fact-check
verb
[with object]
Investigate (an issue) in order to verify the facts.
I didn't fact-check the assertions in the editorial
reporters can't be expected to fact-check every quotation
Example sentencesExamples
If we had more time, we'd fact-check the whole speech.
It's not the job of a paper to fact-check the utterance of every person quoted.
I don't actually propose to fact-check the world's press, but I hope to provide links to some good corrections and perhaps to point out an error from time to time.
Are the media fact-checking both candidates with equal fervor?
Maybe someone should fact-check the email.
They look at the facts and fact-check them.
Are they a powerful mechanism for fact-checking the mainstream media or a new form of vigilante justice?
When we find a story that we disagree with we ruthlessly fact-check every statement in order to find weaknesses.
How can you fact-check information from a personal or social website?
I love the speed at which incorrect stuff gets fact-checked online!
Members of the new media dove in and began fact-checking the accusations, leading to yet more questions and contradictions.
They would be asked to substantiate each claim, and there would be a jury of statisticians to fact-check whatever they said.
With the assistance of her high-speed Internet connection, she scans and fact-checks her suitor's resume.
Most bloggers fail to fact-check.
Did you fact-check that claim with the police department?
It would be nice if there were time and money to fact-check all our daily reporting, but there isn't.
When you write for The New Yorker every aspect of your story is fact-checked.
The folks there debunk and fact-check articles and speeches by prominent politicos and commentators from all corners of the political spectrum.
Once in a while, it's interesting to fact-check anecdotes.
On the Internet, nobody fact-checks, nobody goes to the source, and nobody discloses where they got their information from.