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Claire milne, thank you very much indeed, the acting editor of full facts, and ian birrell, contributing editor of the mail on sunday. thank you both very much indeed and indeed thank you to all our guests and thank you to you for listening. i will be back with the media show at the same time next week. good morning. once again, sunday was a day of extreme. the highest temperature was in northern ireland with 28 celsius, but there was lots of sunshine for scotland, as you can see by this weather watcher picture. northern ireland, northern england, and northwest wales were by contrast further s...

We are joined by some of thejournalists behind it. also today, the role that specialist fact checkers play in journalism. in the last 18 months, this has been a story of what is and is not true. some stories of course are easy to disprove. the vaccine does not contain a microchip from bill gates, but how do we navigate the grey areas? donald trump's claim for example that covid—i9 could come from a chinese laboratory was widely branded as a conspiracy theory by the media and you could not share it on some social media platforms, but that changed a few weeks ago when president biden said that...

Politifact, the us fact checkers, gave the claim the category "pants on fire" last year. well, now they've archived that assessment and added an editors note. the washington post has also updated articles that were initially dismissive, but these corrections haven't come about because of new evidence. instead, they have come about because president biden has admitted that it is a possibility. so, has fact checking itself become politicised? the stakes are high, of course. just last week, biden said that covid misinformation on facebook was killing people. lots to unpack here, so let's talk to ...

Gave the claim the category "pants on fire" last year. well, now they have archived that assessment and added an editors note. the washington post has also updated articles which were initially dismissive, but these corrections have not come about because of new evidence. instead, they have come about because president biden has admitted that it is a possibility. so, has fact checking itself become politicised? the stakes are high, of course. just last week, biden said that covid misinformation on facebook was killing people. lots to unpack here, so let's talk to claire milne, she is the actin...

We give people the information that they need to make up their own minds so that that is there for them. claire milne, thank you very much indeed, the acting editor of full facts and ian birrell, contributing editor of the mail on sunday. thank you both very much indeed and indeed thank you to all our guests and thank you to you for listening. i will be back with the media show at the same time next week. hello. the summer is a's blue skies and sunshine this evening. for this torrential rain and thunderstorms all down to the saviour of low pressure which is going to be with us for much of the ...