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The epistemic status of reproducibility in political fact-checking

Fernandez-Roldan, Alejandro and Teira, David (2024) The epistemic status of reproducibility in political fact-checking. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. ISSN 1879-4912

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Abstract

Fact-checking agencies assess and score the truthfulness of politicians’ claims to foster their electoral accountability. Fact-checking is sometimes presented as a quasi-scientific activity, based on reproducible verification protocols that would guarantee an unbiased assessment. We will study these verification protocols and discuss under which conditions fact-checking could achieve effective reproducibility. Through an analysis of the methodological norms in verification protocols, we will argue that achieving reproducible fact-checking may not help much in rendering politicians accountable. Political fact-checkers do not deliver either reproducibility or accountability today, and there are reasons to think that traditional quality journalism may serve liberal democracies better.


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Fernandez-Roldan, Alejandroalejandro.fernandezroldan@fsof.uned.es
Teira, Daviddteira@fsof.uned.es0000-0002-4551-2371
Keywords: fact-checking; truth scores; reproducibility; accountability
Subjects: General Issues > Science and Policy
General Issues > Science vs. Pseudoscience
Depositing User: Prof. David Teira
Date Deposited: 24 Feb 2024 17:17
Last Modified: 24 Feb 2024 17:17
Item ID: 23137
Journal or Publication Title: European Journal for Philosophy of Science
Publisher: Springer
DOI or Unique Handle: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-024-00575-8
Subjects: General Issues > Science and Policy
General Issues > Science vs. Pseudoscience
Date: 24 February 2024
ISSN: 1879-4912
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23137

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