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FactCheck’s ‘People’s Voice’ Victory
We would like to thank you, our loyal readers, for making us the 2013 Webby People’s Voice Winner in the politics category. Our win this year marks the sixth time that your votes have made us the recipient of a Webby Award, which honors excellence on the Internet. And, as …
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The 2012 FactCheck Awards
It’s that special time of year again when campaigning is over (finally!) and the voting has begun. On Election Day we can stop being so serious about fact-checking false or deceptive claims and have some fun handing out imaginary hardware …
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Two More Webbys for FactCheck
Once again, FactCheck.org has been awarded the Webby for best politics website by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The announcement was made May 1. This makes us a four-time winner of the prestigious Webby Award. The awards are recognized as the “Oscars of the Internet.” And FactCheck.org …
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FactCheck Wins Sigma Delta Chi Award
We are happy to announce that the staff of FactCheck.org has won a 2010 Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Our coverage of deceptive claims about the federal health care legislation was selected by the judges for the non-deadline reporting award for independent news sites. SPJ says …
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2008 FactCheck Awards
Politics is bizarre. Nobody knows that better than we do. But sometimes the real twisted weirdness is subtle and complicated, taking days of research and interviews to tease out – and other times it’s right on the surface, in the form of a hippie in a suit and tie or a close-up shot of dog feces. For those readers who’ve stuck with us through a lot of in-depth reporting on complex issues, we offer these just-for-fun awards for some of the most entertaining, most egregious, most off-the-wall or just plain grossest ads this election cycle.
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FactCheck Wins Three Webby Awards
FactCheck.org sweeps both the Webby Award and People’s Voice Webby Award in the politics category. FactCheckED.org wins the People’s Voice Webby Award in the education category.
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