Consumers + Businesses = Driving Efforts to Moderate Problematic Content Global Independent Fact-Checking Organizations 200 The number of media outlets focused obal on fact-checking & political l accountability reporting has grown G , rapidly. Bolstered by new partnerships ons ati & technology, more fact-checking took z gani place during the 2016 election r O than in previous elections. ng i100 k t Chec Media organizations including NPR ac F & The Washington Post report ent record-breaking readership Independ of their fact-checking work. Alan Greenblatt – The American Press Institute, 4/17 0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Source: Duke Reporter’s Lab Research (8/18). The Future of Fact-Checking: Moving Ahead in Political Accountability Journalism, published by the American Press Institute (4/17) Internet Trends 183 2019