Saturday, 21 March 2015

https://fullfact.org BBC and C4 "Reality Check" links and http://www.askforevidence.org/

Fullfact say

What kind of thing do you check?

It will vary a lot. There are some subjects we often can’t say much about, such as foreign relations, claims about what might happen in the future, or ethical dilemmas where the facts aren’t really in question. On other topics, facts are at the heart of the argument and we’ll have more to do.


They seem to be a blog for expert fact-checkers and welcome volunteer applicants. The factual topics are mainly Westminster ones covered by media and ministries; there's nothing about social care on the health tab.

Crime

Economy

Education

Europe

Health

Immigration

Law 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32072999 BBC Reality checks on topics like how many staff the NHS needs, how easy it is to find £12bn of cuts

http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/ Channel 4's fact checking page

http://www.askforevidence.org/ is a new one. I guess candidates will ignore it at first until it catches-on and a few are caught-out, then they'll learn to answer emails from that address. You can use it to ask for evidence about claims on http://electionleaflets.org

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