![]() ![]() PolitiFact has served as a model for fact-checking around the world and is known for rating officials’ public statements for fact on a scale called the “Truth-O-Meter.” The PolitiFact team was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2009. The website grew into the largest fact-checking effort of all time, with affiliates in 18 states and Australia. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I look forward to joining the Wilson community to honor the class of 2019 and discuss how we can build on the lessons the students have learned in the last four years.”Īdair is currently the Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University and Director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy, where he conducts research on fact-checking in the Reporter’s Lab, experimenting with new ways of presenting fact-based information through digital and mobile technologies.Īdair launched PolitiFact as a pilot project for the Tampa Bay Times in 2007. “Warren Wilson is a special place that encourages students to be open to new ideas and all points of view,” Adair said. Bill Adair, founder of the Pulitzer Prize-winning PolitiFact website, will speak at Warren Wilson College’s 2019 Commencement on Saturday, May 11, 2019. ![]()
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