The Epistemology of Fact Checking (Is Still Naìve)
Rejoinder to Amazeen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6251979 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph E Uscinski (0000-0003-2179-6952, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 243-252 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913811.2015.1055892 |
| OpenAlex | W1838055528 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 41 |
| References cited | 8 |
Michelle Amazeen's rebuttal of Uscinski and Butler 2013 is unsuccessful. Amazeen's attempt to infer the accuracy of fact checks from their agreement with each other fails on its own terms and, in any event, could as easily be explained by fact checkers’ political biases as their common access to the objective truth. She also ignores the distinction between verifiable facts and unverifiable claims about the future, as well as contestable claims about the causes of political, social, and economic phenomena. The social benefits that she claims for the fact-checking enterprise must, at the very least, be weighed against the strong possibility that what passes for fact checking is actually just a veiled continuation of politics by means of journalism rather than being an independent, objective counterweight to political untruths
Economics · Epistemology · Event (particle physics · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Rebuttal · Sociology · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 41 |
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| Citations per year | 3,73 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 41 |