What makes fact-checking work on TV? TV authors should work on creating a real format with precise rules. The audience must be aware that something different is happening. Otherwise, they can’t dist...
Patrick Worrall is lead writer and researcher of the FactCheck blog at Channel 4 News, where he has worked since 2011. In that time FactCheck has won the Best Commentary/Blogging section of the Online Media Awards in 2012, 2015 and 2016. It also received a Highly Commended for Politics Journalism citation at the 2016 British Journalism Awards. Patrick holds a degree in English Literature from the University of Cambridge.
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