The Koch brothers are funding Facebook’s newest fact-checking partner

Grist
By Paola Rosa-AquinoApr 29, 2019, 5:39 pm656 ptsHot
Is Facebook trying to solve its fake news problem by partnering with … climate deniers? Last week, social media giant Facebook announced that it would be partnering with CheckYourFact.com, the fact-checking offshoot of the Koch-funded, right-leaning news outlet The Daily Caller. The fact-checking site will…

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