Why is Fact-Checking important for democracy?
Lucas Graves, disinformation and fact-checking expert and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison discuss, in this video, why fact-checking plays an important role for democracies. Graves states that fact-checking has an effect on convincing some people not to believe in falsehoods, can encourage politicians to speak more cautiously, and supports other democratic institutions. Lucas Graves is the author of Deciding What’s True. The rise of political fact-checking in American Journalism, and he was a keynote speaker at the summit “Desmontando la desinformación”, organized by Learn to Check and Fundación Telefónica on 6th June 2024 in Madrid.
