The Epistemology of Fact Checking

Critical Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-180

  Uscinski, Joseph E ^a   Butler, Ryden W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 84887150141     PISSN: 08913811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08913811.2013.843872     Document Type: Article

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