"#FactChecking requires the right and ability to find #sources, read widely and interview experts who are free to speak candidly — all as part of a rigorous #methodology and process. (...) Fact-checking is part of a free press and high-quality #journalism, and it contributes to public #information and #knowledge."

From the #IFCN 's "Sarajevo Statement" – which comes at a time when free speech, transparency, and the preservation of information are under massive pressure.

https://www.poynter.org/ifcn/2024/global-fact-statement-sarajevo/

The world’s fact-checkers affirm fact-checking as essential to free speech because it requires openness, transparency and preservation of information - Poynter

The International Fact-Checking Network issues Sarajevo statement on freedom of expression and fact-checking

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