The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department

What a gorgeous piece, full of interesting facts and memorable anecdotes. The New Yorker tells the story of its one-of-a-kind fact-checking department. Really an ode to getting things right, no matter what it takes. My favourite quote: «Who cares, in the end? Does it really matter? I think we can safely say no. But, especially right now, we’re in this catastrophic moment where so many people assume they know things that either they don’t know or that aren’t even forms of knowledge. There’s this strange disappearance of humility before the incredible complexity of the world. It’s sort of an epidemic. The deep value in checking is just as a confirmation of how hard it is to know stuff.»