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=== Choice of which statements to check === Different fact-checking organizations have shown different tendencies in their choice of which statements they publish fact-checks about.<ref name=":23">{{cite journal |last1=Marietta |first1=Morgan |last2=Barker |first2=David C. |last3=Bowser |first3=Todd |date=2015 |title=Fact-Checking Polarized Politics: Does The Fact-Check Industry Provide Consistent Guidance on Disputed Realities? |url=https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Marietta-Barker-Bowser-2015-Forum.pdf |url-status=live |journal=[[American Press Institute|The Forum]] |volume=13 |issue=4 |page=577 |doi=10.1515/for-2015-0040 |s2cid=151790386 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006175358/https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Marietta-Barker-Bowser-2015-Forum.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2016 |access-date=27 September 2016}}</ref> For example, some are more likely to fact-check a statement about climate change being real, and others are more likely to fact-check a statement about climate change being fake.<ref name=":23" />
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