The epistemic status of reproducibility in political fact-checking

Alejandro Fernández-Roldán y David Teira . (2024) The epistemic status of reproducibility in political fact-checking.

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Título The epistemic status of reproducibility in political fact-checking
Autor(es) Alejandro Fernández-Roldán
David Teira
Materia(s) Ciencias de la Información
Filosofía
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.
Palabras clave fact-checking
truth scores
reproducibility
accountability
Fecha 2024-02-24
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Identificador bibliuned:501181
DOI - identifier https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-024-00575-8
Nombre de la revista European Journal for Philosophy of Science
Tipo de recurso Article
Derechos de acceso y licencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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Tipo de documento: Artículo de revista
Collection: Departamento Lógica, Historia, Filosofía de la Ciencia (UNED). Artículos
 
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Creado: Sun, 25 Feb 2024, 03:32:40 CET by David Teira