April 2 is International Fact-Checking Day, a “global initiative recognizing accurate information’s important role in an interconnected world.”
The fact-checking and media-ethics kingpins at Poynter are behind the initiative, and they mark the occasion by releasing an annual State of the Fact-Checkers Report, a survey of 137 organizations across at least 69 countries that are devoted to making sure the media is accurate. Below are some of the most interesting findings from 2023’s report.