The Fact Checker's Bible

A Guide to Getting It Right

Sarah Harrison Smith

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Anchor Books
10 August 2004

Writing & editing guides; Encyclopaedias & reference works

The first ever comprehensive reference guide to fact-checking--a book that, like The Chicago Manual of Style or Strunk and White, will establish standard practice.

AN ANCHOR BOOKS ORIGINAL.

These days fact-checking can seem like a lost art. The Fact Checker's Bible 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.

We 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 New Yorker fact checker and currently head of checking for The New York Times Magazine explains exactly how to-
*Reading for accuracy
*Determine what to check
*Research the facts
*Assess sources- people, newspapers and magazines, books, the Internet, etc.
*Check quotations
*Understand the legal liabilities
*Look out for and avoid the dangers of plagiarism

For everyone from students to journalists to editors, the methods and practices outlined in The Fact Checker's Bible provide both a standard and a working manual for how to get the facts right.

By: Sarah Harrison Smith
Imprint: Anchor Books
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Edition: Anchor Books ed
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 183g
ISBN: 9780385721066
ISBN 10: 0385721064
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 10 August 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sarah Harrison Smith has been a fact checker at The New Yorker and head of checking at The New York Times Magazine, where she is now editorial manager. She lived in New York City.

Reviews for The Fact Checker's Bible: A Guide to Getting It Right

The indispensable guide to the field. Smith s abundant common sense, her relentless zeal for the truth, not to mention her exquisite sense of fairness, make her book a godsend for researchers and writers alike -Jeffrey Toobin