Fight Truth Decay.
VerbaAl has partnered with the League of Women Voters of Utah to launch a pilot Election Facts Utah, a one-stop-shop for fact-checking election news.
Know the Facts
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Informing You
The spread of false information during elections poses a critical threat to U.S. democracy. These falsehoods can rapidly proliferate online, misleading voters about candidates and policies, distorting democratic dialogue, and eroding the public's trust in the very institutions meant to safeguard their voices.
VerbaAI has partnered with the League of Women Voters of Utah to launch Election Facts Utah, a one-stop-shop for fact-checking U.S. election news.
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Checking the Facts
Election Facts Utah has three key components.
Fact Check Feed: VerbaAI monitors relevant reports from leading fact checking organizations that investigate the accuracy of political stories. The work of these fact-checking organizations is crucial, and by consolidating their research into one place, we hope to make fact-checking political news easier than ever.
Utah News: VerbaAI monitors reputable state and national outlets for Utah news.
Truth Tracker: VerbaAI publishes fact-checks on misleading articles and social media posts about the elections.
Election Facts Utah features fact checking and real-time news monitoring while providing the level of detail you prefer. Click on the Summary icon to view AI-powered summaries for key insights or the article title to view an in-depth narrative. Use the comprehensive search filters on each page to enable you to further filter your view by subject, topic, source and timeframe.
Click on the About tab to view VerbaAI's User Guide for more information on each of the above features. Feel free to explore other VerbaAI resources to see how the organization is making it easier to stay informed online, including Issue Trackers to access breaking national/international news on key topics (e.g. U.S. Presidential Election, Climate Change) and My News to set up a custom tracker.
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What You Can Do
Stay updated on the issues of importance to you. Take advantage of VerbaAI's versatile platform to gain a better understanding of news and events through reporting from reputable media outlets around the world, all in one place and summarized.
Keep abreast of mis/disinformation related to the 2024 U.S. election. Take advantage of our partnership with VerbaAI and their unique access in aggregate to the leading fact-checking organizations.
Ensure you're accessing trustworthy sources for news. Check out the following sources to better understand the role media bias plays in the news and information you consume.
The Media Bias Chart by Ad Fontes Media. Ad Fontes Media rates various media sources on two different scales: political bias (left to right) on the horizontal axis and reliability on the vertical axis.
All Sides Media Bias Chart AllSides uses blind surveys of people across the political spectrum, multi-partisan analysis and other in-depth analyses as well as tens of thousands of user ratings to rate the bias of over 800 media outlets and writers.
Learn how to spot and combat misinformation, as well as minimize information overload. Check out the following: