Skip to content
Home/ Fact Checker's Bible: A Guide to Getting It Right
Fact Checker's Bible: A Guide to Getting It Right

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

by Smith, Sarah Harrison
No customer reviews yet ISBN 9780385721066 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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.

About the author

Product details

BrandKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub dateJul 1, 2004
ISBN-100385721064
ISBN-139780385721066
Paperback192.0 pages
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions8 × 0.44 × 5.19 in
Weight0 lb
Last updated 2026-09-01 00:43
$14.35 $19.00 24% off
You save $4.65 · list price $19.00
In stock — ships in 24 hours with free tracking
Delivery by Monday, October 5, 2026
Qty
Sign in to Add to Saved list
Free delivery on orders over $35.
15-day returns. Any reason.
Secure checkout. We never store card details.

Readers who bought this also bought

More from Research
See all
Research Methods and the New Media
Williams, Frederick
$21.51
Transport Survey Quality and Innovation
Available
$263.63
Communicating Research
Meadows, A J
$140.74
Communicate Science Papers, Presentations, and Posters Effectively
Patience, Gregory S
$58.00
Diseases of Bivalves: Historical and Current Perspectives
<p><i>Diseases of Bivalves: Historical and Current Perspectives</i> is a novel reference covering all known diseases of cultured and fished bivalve mollusks from around the world. Written by a renowned expert in the field of shellfish, the author presents a historical perspective of disease discovery, explaining when and where each disease first occurred and identified to current research findings. This reference describes the infectious agent that causes each disease and environmental conditions that promote infection symptoms and signs of the disease in the host, both as noted in individual animals and in the affected populations, and resultant morbidity and mortality of infected populations. The book offers past and current possible prevention and management methods to control disease in current and projected geographical locations. This is a complete resource for aquatic and veterinary pathologists, aquaculturists, government regulators, disease specialists and researchers, bivalve researchers, and students alike. Diseases include Metazoan Disease, Viral diseases, Fungal Disease, and more.</p>
$196.65
Community-Based Fisheries Management: A Global Perspective
Kar, Devashish
$245.74