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Lies, Damn Lies, and Magazine Pieces: On the Cursed Art of Fact Checking

Lies, Damn Lies, and Magazine Pieces: On the Cursed Art of Fact Checking

Isabel Ruehl Reads Austin Kelley’s Debut Novel “The Fact Checker”

By Isabel Clara Ruehl | June 16, 2025

From Fact-Checking to Fiction: On the Multifaceted and Often Fruitless Pursuit of Truth

From Fact-Checking to Fiction: On the Multifaceted and Often Fruitless Pursuit of Truth

Austin Kelley Considers the Evolving Role of Fact-Checkers in an Era of Endless Lies

By Austin Kelley | April 15, 2025

Fergus McIntosh: “One Wonders”

Fergus McIntosh: “One Wonders”

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | March 25, 2025

Indie Booksellers and Lying Liars: This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Indie Booksellers and Lying Liars: This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring Lefty Booksellers, Dodgy Paperbacks, and Some Thoughts on Fact-Checking

By The Lit Hub Podcast | October 25, 2024

Big Lies Need Even Bigger Fact Checking

Big Lies Need Even Bigger Fact Checking

Maris Kreizman on What We Really Need to Do to Combat All the Political Lying

By Maris Kreizman | October 24, 2024

If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

Maris Kreizman on Publishing’s Nonfiction Problem

By Maris Kreizman | July 9, 2024

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This legislator is trying to limit the "enormous economic and social power" of . . . fact-checkers.

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A Hierarchy of American Presidential Lies

By Glenn Kessler | June 10, 2020

On the Horror of Getting it Wrong in Print

By Ada Calhoun | May 18, 2017

Elif Batuman on Fictionalizing Her Life, and Learning to Fact Check

Elif Batuman on Fictionalizing Her Life, and Learning to Fact Check

In Conversation with the Author of The Idiot

By Dylan Foley | March 21, 2017