Fact-checking of political information about the Russo-Ukrainian conflict
Journal: Journal of Documentation
Year: 2024

Purpose To elaborate the nature of fact-checking in the domain of political information by examining how fact-checkers assess the validity of claims concerning the Russo-Ukrainian conflict and how they support their assessments by drawing on evidence acquired from diverse sources of information. Design/methodology/approach Descriptive quantitative and qualitative content analysis of 128 reports written by the fact-checkers of Snopes – an established fact-checking organisation – during the period