{"product_id":"fact-checkers-bible-a-guide-to-getting-it-right","title":"Fact Checker's Bible: A Guide to Getting It Right","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eFact Checker's Bible: A Guide to Getting It Right\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSarah Harrison Smith\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780385721066\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e192\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e These days fact-checking can seem like a lost art. \u003ci\u003eThe Fact Checker's Bible\u003c\/i\u003e arrives not a moment too soon: it is the first--and essential--guide to the important but increasingly neglected task of checking facts, whatever their source. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe are all overwhelmed with information that claims to be factual, but even the most punctilious researcher, writer, and journalist can sometimes get it wrong, so checking facts has become a more pressing task. Now Sarah Harrison Smith, former \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003efact checker and currently head of checking for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e explains exactly how to: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Reading for accuracy\u003cbr\u003e*Determine what to check\u003cbr\u003e*Research the facts\u003cbr\u003e*Assess sources: people, newspapers and magazines, books, the Internet, etc. \u003cbr\u003e*Check quotations\u003cbr\u003e*Understand the legal liabilities \u003cbr\u003e*Look out for and avoid the dangers of plagiarism \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor everyone from students to journalists to editors, the methods and practices outlined in \u003ci\u003eThe Fact Checker's Bible\u003c\/i\u003e provide both a standard and a working manual for how to get the facts right. \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Fact Checker's Bible: A Guide to Getting It Right | Sarah Harrison Smith | Paperback | 9780385721066 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks B 1756921","offer_id":49149149872280,"sku":"1756921","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51FxFRiVd-L.jpg?v=1779524512","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/fact-checkers-bible-a-guide-to-getting-it-right","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}