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WRAL, PolitiFact launch new 'Facebook Fridays' segment

Today, WRAL and PolitiFact roll out "Facebook Fridays." Each Friday, we'll examine a viral Facebook post that has been fact-checked by PolitiFact. The segment will likely take on the same format as our other PolitiFact segments and air roughly around the same time.

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Paul Specht
, PolitiFact reporter
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tune in to WRAL-TV on any given weekday, and you’re likely to see us fact check a politician.

Soon, you’ll see a different speaker under the microscope: You. More specifically, you the Facebook user.

WRAL News and PolitiFact are rolling out “Facebook Fridays.” Every Friday, we’ll examine a viral Facebook post that has been fact-checked by PolitiFact.

Posts will concern politics or current events – not necessarily a politician.

Social media can be fertile ground for misinformation, so PolitiFact partners with Facebook to fight the spread of false news.

PolitiFact is certified through the nonpartisan International Fact-Checking Network to help identify and review dubious claims. (Facebook is one of two companies that contributed more than 5 percent of PolitiFact’s total revenues last year.)
Here’s a link to information on Facebook’s partnership with third-party fact-checkers.
PolitiFact has checked a wide range of Facebook posts – from captions to memes – and topics. January’s checks have tackled everything from a claim about Hilary Clinton to a doctored photo showing Tom Hanks.

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