All publications these days are learning that for some reason NPCs consider "fact checking" to be a reputable service, so they are rebranding their opinion/analysis sections as "fact checks". It's literally meaningless but your idiot coworker on Slack will link to a "fact check" he hasn't even read and think he's somehow owned you in a debate. 1984 was an instruction manual.
All publications these days are learning that for some reason NPCs consider "fact checking" to be a reputable service, so they are rebranding their opinion/analysis sections as "fact checks". It's literally meaningless but your idiot coworker on Slack will link to a "fact check" he hasn't even read and think he's somehow owned you in a debate. 1984 was an instruction manual.