Table 4 The percentage distribution of...

Table 4

The percentage distribution of information sources actually used in fact-checking reports (n = 315)

Government (e.g. president or minister)	15.6
Video presented in social media	12.7
Photograph presented in social media	12.7
Newspaper article	9.2
Post (e.g. tweet) submitted to social media	8.3
News agency	7.9
Television programme	7.6
Fact-checking organisation (e.g. PolitiFact)	2.5
Expert (e.g. professor)	2.2
Intergovernmental organisation (e.g. the United Nations)	2.2
Journalist/Investigative journalism group	2.2
Private company	1.9
Local resident or eyewitness	1.6
News website	1.6
Politician	1.3
Encyclopedia	1.0
Local government official	1.0
Military unit representative	1.0
Authentication service	0.6
Governmental agency (e.g. NASA)	0.6
Magazine article	0.6
Memorandum	0.6
Non-governmental organisation	0.6
Sources of other kind (e.g. newsletter and social activist)	4.5
Total	100.0

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