Current's The Pub

Former NPR Managing Editor for Digital News Mark Stencel has just completed a census of active political fact-checking initiatives — and only two are in public media. But he thinks public media is uniquely positioned to do this work and to make the sometimes dry subject matter of political fact-checking more accessible to a broad audience. On this week’s episode, Stencel offers a practical guide on how, when and what to fact-check, and what to do when your fact-checks are inevitably challenged or misconstrued. Also, host Adam Ragusea and his colleagues at Mercer University asked scholarship applicants what they consider to be the most innovative media company. Did any public media make the list? Yes, but nowhere near the top.