Comparing Fact-Checking Initiatives Around the World

The global spread and adoption of the idea of fact-checking has altered its form and underlying rationale significantly, while still preserving a remarkably similar core practice. The investigated fact-checking organizations reflect this situation impressively, as they represent in many ways an exemplary selection of the increasingly growing community of fact-checkers in 2016. They are either initial pioneers of the concept or early adopters, whose links highlight how the idea of fact-checking travels, which elements of it are being adopted consistently, ar undergoing adjustment or are novel extensions.