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There is plenty of fact checking being done by journalists, but it has shifted to "fact check" stories that are published separately.

This is in part because it takes longer to fact check things, but there is tremendous competitive pressure to be first with news. So the on-scene reporters report what was said in near-real-time, and then the fact check reporters look through and report on how true it was.



Sure, but those "fact check" stories are useless. People see the first thing. They aren't likely to see the next.

I get the rationale, but it doesn't do what reporters need to actually do to be an effective part of the political process.




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