Poynter: PolitiFact announces an exclusive health news fact-checking partnership with Kaiser Health News (KHN)

Poynter: PolitiFact announces an exclusive health news fact-checking partnership with Kaiser Health News (KHN). “The Poynter Institute, a global nonprofit dedicated to excellence in journalism, announces an exclusive new partnership between its fact-checking news organization, PolitiFact, and KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) – the trusted source of health policy information – through Kaiser Health News (KHN), KFF’s editorially independent national health and health policy newsroom.”

Engadget: Don’t trust all of those health articles you see in your Facebook feed

Engadget: Don’t trust all of those health articles you see in your Facebook feed. “Facebook’s battle with fake news stories goes beyond the world of politics. According to fact-checking site Health Feedback, seven of the 10 most shared health stories on Facebook in 2018 contained false or misleading information. The top 100 stories fared slightly better, but stories with misinformation were shared 12.3 million times. Well-sourced and accurate stories were shared 11 million times.”