| 单词 | fact-checking | 
| 释义 | fact-checkingn.  The action of verifying facts, esp. in the context of journalism or other writing; the work involved in checking or establishing the facts of a matter.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > 			[noun]		 > by validation affirmationc1419 confirmation1419 certificatec1508 confirmance1588 validation1656 ascertainment1657 determinationa1676 firmation1684 ascertaining1685 fact-checking1936 1936    N.Y. Times 11 June  l. 5/1  				An intensive fact-checking system of all relief cases, it seems to me, is also a necessary function of a public relief agency. 1939    J. Thurber Lett. 		(2002)	 309  				Your staff is noted for its ingenuity, but is often tricked into immobilizing it on the altar of fact-checking. Let's forget what pirates had eye patches. 1960    Operational Res. Q. 11 7  				A lot of fact-checking is done as a result of which my own thinking begins to evolve and the presentation begins to rearrange itself in my mind. 1990    Atlantic Jan. 4/2  				The sagas of fact-checking are spun around legendary ‘saves’. 2003    S. Greenfield Tomorrow's People 		(2004)	 Pref. p. ix  				Novel-writing had appeal not just as a means of letting one's mind range free but also because it could do so without all..the meticulous research and fact-checking, that characterizes non-fiction books. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fact-checkingadj.  That checks facts; engaged in fact-checking; (of a body, etc.) set up to establish or verify the facts of a matter. ΚΠ 1963    Broadcasting 24 June (Broadcast Advertising section) 48/1 		(caption)	  				The fact-checking Doherty, Clifford, Steers & Shenfield team of Sam Vitt and Martin Herbst get a steak-eyed view of a major livestock market. 1984    Mother Jones Dec. 6/2  				The fact-checking department had not checked the article against the tapes. 1997    Computerworld Jan. 51/5  				A Justice Department fact-checking analyst enters an identification number or name into the department's Consolidated Fire-arms Information System. 2012    New Yorker 13 Feb. 41/1  				Politifact, the nonpartisan fact-checking organization, assessed the bill in question. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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