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Installation

The first thing you'll need to do is clone this repo, it's preferred that you fork it and then submit pull requests from your fork. This way we have clear providence of who did what, but also, it will be easier to roll back changes, should something be wrong, before committing to the canonical master repository.

You'll need Python 3 (Python 3.5 is preferred), pip3 (1.8.2 is preferred), and the heroku toolbelt and a heroku account to deploy this repository.

After you install Python simply run:

pip install -r requirements.txt (which is found in the top level directory of the main repo)

If you have python 2 installed, you might need to do:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Everything regarding deploying to heroku should be in

setup.md (in the base directory).

To migrate the database, please see:

manager.py (in the base directory).

Contribution

To contribute to this application, please fork from the canonical master and create pull requests.

To configure a remote for a fork:

To sync a fork

To make a pull request

  • git pull origin master
  • Go to main repository and create a pull request

Troubleshooting

Unable to create db

If you try creating a db:

  • createdb skills_admin

    and you get:

    createdb: could not connect to database template1: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
        Is the server running locally and accepting
        connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
    

Try:

  • pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start

Unable to install pyscopg2

Try installing xcode-setup and re-run the Installation

Please see here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33866695/install-psycopg2-on-mac-osx-10-9-5-pg-config-pip

fact_checker_website's People

Contributors

ericschles avatar tenloh avatar stephharris avatar louiefigz avatar tracedwax avatar

Stargazers

Sarthak Navjivan avatar Rodrigo Sanchez avatar Roger Steve Ruiz avatar Dirk Peters avatar

Watchers

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fact_checker_website's Issues

Misc. copy for potential "About" page, FAQ, etc.

Tips to spot a fake news article: (This could go on the page where someone files a fake news article or on a FAQ page)

  • Look for spelling mistakes
  • Look for exaggerated punctuation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Is there a date?
  • Is there an author?
  • If there is an author, could it be fake? (the name of a famous person, for example, might be false)
  • Is the URL weird? Is it impersonating another news source? (example: abc.com versus abc.com.co)
  • Are the claims “absolute” or do they leave some space for doubt?
  • Does the article sound like it is already defending itself against criticism? (“this is NOT FALSE! What they don’t WANT you to know!! TRUTH!!!). Real news based in fact does not need to defend itself.
  • Is it a known unreliable source? (i.e.
  • If there are links in the article, are they trustworthy?
  • Keep in mind satire is a thing
  • Does the content of the article contradict the headline?

Other content ideas:

  • Add info about Google and Facebook's positions on fake news
  • Provide insight into why people create fake news (financial incentives, ideological reasons, etc.)
  • Have screenshots of fake news, to show people what to look for
  • Screenshots for how to fact check an article on our website
  • Provide a list of known fake news websites

Finalize NAME for the project

Here's a brainstorm list of ideas for naming the project.

The central idea is that this project is differentiated by the fact that many people are involved, that it is of and from the people, and that it is transparent. More suggestions/refinements are welcome, of course!

wikinews
we the people
thousand eyes
all eyes
eyes together
pennies
haystack
newsdrops
clearnews
daylight
openlight
transparency
transparentize
clear air
clear.ly
open air
ournews
wikinews
crowdpaper
crowdnews
checked-news
fake news tracker
realnews
alltheeyes
open news

AUTHORITY
Verify
Veritas
Truth
Actual
Real
Final

THE PEOPLE
All
Omni
Wiki
Crowd
Public good
Group
Our(ournews)

questions that fact checkers could ask

why are they saying what they are saying?

What's the context for this article?

What are the implications of what they are saying?

Can you defend every sentence they made that's objective?

How many objective statements did they make?

How many subjective statements did they make?

What's the correlation between the subjective statements across the article?

How do the objective statements correlate?

How many premises did they state?

How well did they support those premises?

Did they cite other articles?

If so, where did they cite them from?

What are motivations of the writer?

And finally, could you defend this point of view?

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