The Radio Nova Fact Checker
In a world flooded with media sources, facts are frequently submerged amidst ‘fake news’, spin, misinformation and, quite-often, good old-fashioned fear-mongering. Radio Nova’s Fact Checker determines the accuracy of claims by public figures, advocacy groups, social media, and institutions engaged in public debate with a focus on issues affecting listeners in Dublin, Kildare, Meath & Wicklow.
Episodes
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Fact Checker With Dan Pitcher Episode 6 - Gordan Ramsay
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
On this week's Radio Nova Fact Checker, we look at an AI generated audio clip of celebrity chief Gordan Ramsay, in which the deepfake audio was being used to support anti-migration protesters.
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Fact Checker With Dan Pitcher Episode 5 - Sharia Law Stickers
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
On this week's Radio Nova Fact Checker, we look at stickers that have appeared on lamposts, which appears to advocate for Sharia law in Ireland. Images of the stickers have appeared on social media and viewed thousands of times.
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Fact Checker With Garry Brennan Episode 4 - Galway Office Block
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
On this week's Radio Nova Fact Checker, we look at edited screenshots from an online news article, to appear as if the site had reported that an office block in Galway was to be repurposed as a center for 900 male migrants.
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Fact Checker With Garry Brennan Episode 3 - Irish Speakers
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
On this week's Radio Nova Fact Checker, we look at a clip that was shared from a national broadcaster, where its was claimed by a former Fine Gael TD, that only 16,000 people speak the Irish language naturally.
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Fact Checker With Jane McNamara Episode 2 - COVID Vaccination
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
On this week's Radio Nova Fact Checker, we've been looking at how social media users misinterpreted a COVID vaccination headline on Facebook that referenced hospitalization and death due to lack of COVID vaccination.
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Fact Checker With Dan Pitcher Episode 1 - Eifel Tower
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
On this week's first Radio Nova Fact Checker, we've been looking at a video doing the rounds on social media claiming the Eifel Tower in Paris had caught fire.
The Nova Fact Checker
In a world flooded with media sources, facts are frequently submerged amidst ‘fake news’, spin, misinformation and, quite-often, good old-fashioned fear-mongering. Radio Nova's Fact Checker determines the accuracy of claims by public figures, advocacy groups, social media, and institutions engaged in public debate with a focus on issues affecting listeners in Dublin, Kildare, Meath & Wicklow. Radio Nova's news team of qualified and reputable journalists look at some of the stories that appeared in the week’s news (whether Irish or global news) and check claims made in the public domain by figures such as world leaders, politicians and advocacy groups against available data at the time they were made and in the interests of transparency. All sources relevant to the statements will be identified and statements will be deemed correct, incorrect or be de-bunked.