Topic: Google Fact Check

The Daily Caller's "Check Your Fact" program has joined the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute. This move allows the organization to participate in Facebook and Google's third-party fact-checking initiatives. The discussion critiques the "Ministry of Truth" nature of centralized fact-checking and the decline of in-house verification in traditional journalism.

Google News and Facebook have introduced "fact check" labels and warnings to combat fake news, which the hosts compare to wearing "verified" armbands. In a "fact check false" segment, Chinese state media is called out for incorrectly identifying Anchorage as the capital of Alaska during President Xi Jinping's refueling stop. The actual capital is Juneau.

Google announced it will begin labeling search results with a "fact-check" tag, powered by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute. The IFCN is funded by organizations including the National Endowment for Democracy and Pierre Omidyar’s network. The hosts compare this to "Snopes on steroids" and argue it is a globalist tool to delegitimize dissent before the 2016 election.