The “Truth Teller” app launched by the Washington Post on Tuesday combines several technologies that together have the ability to fact check speeches in near real-time. The James L. Knight Foundation awarded The Post with a $50,000 grant for the app. From The Post’s Executive Editor for Digital News:
“When our politics editor Steven Ginsberg heard a politician give a stump speech filled with inaccurate statements, he wondered if there could ever be a way to instantly verify what a politician says. Live fact-checking can provide incredible insight to journalists and audiences alike, and we are excited to start the process of creating something as unique and valuable as Truth Teller.”
