How do you sort fact from opinion? What’s bias? When you turn down the wrong road on a trip, that’s a fact. But viewing that wrong turn as an opportunity for a new adventure? That’s an opinion.

“Yes. I classified it as a fact, because I strongly believe that democracy — in our case a representative republic — is the greatest, but the statement is, in truth, an opinion.” ...

If journalism was a department store, opinion would be one of its largest and most popular sections. An entire aisle would be all about politics with shelves upon shelves of columns authored by ...

Fact-check claims using reliable sources. Learn how to tell the difference between facts and opinions in this fun and informative video! Using a real-life example about voting ballots in Michigan ...

Elizabeth Bruenig Fact-checking has flourished. But it’s more complicated than it looks. January 10, 2019 More than 6 years ago ...

A new poll released Monday by the Pew Research Center suggests people are having difficulty telling the difference between fact and opinion. People participating in the Pew study were provided ...

Americans’ inability to confidently differentiate between statements of fact and opinion have “grave implications” for the future of political discourse and misinformation, the researchers said.

“Yes. I classified it as a fact, because I strongly believe that democracy – in our case a representative republic – is the greatest, but the statement is, in truth, an opinion.” “It’s ...

The research found that “Republicans and Democrats were more likely to classify both factual and opinion statements as factual when they appealed most to their side.” ...

Opinion: Voters must put the verifiable facts above the alternative ones The combination of 'alternative facts,' unsupported opinions and unfettered emotions endangers our democracy.

Opinions are far easier to defend when truths are sandwiched into the argument. Most of my strongly worded, passionate opinions are doled out deliberately. I spin them as truth; and to be clear, some ...