Fact-checking Fanatic Gifts

"I just downloaded fact-checker...fancy a little quarrel?"

Rumors, lies and innuendo.

The Expert

"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"

Rumours Online

"Are these 'raw' facts or 'spun' facts?"

"That's Eleanor. She's a fact checker."

"Facts are good, but we need all the rumors, gossip, and speculation to fully understand the situation."

Library. Story Hour. This fact-checking site says no cow has ever jumped over the moon.

"This is Matt with your five day forecast, on location."

'There are facts,there are factoids, and there are just plain fun facts.'

Two computers, smaller one labeled DATA, the larger one, HYPE

Nearly a third of the earth's life-forms have gone extinct. Cut! Stop with all the facts. This is debate club! But we're using a cable tv talk show format! What should I say? Unsupported opinions

"So we've got the labcoats. Now we need a good excuse to wear them." The Birth of Science.

'You're so illogical. I can never win an argument with you.'

Scientist with test tube.

"We will demonstrate that climate change denial blogs cause further global warming."

'Listen to this: Each drop of water we drink may have once been in a glacier, Attila the Hun's stew, Mike Tyson's sweat, Liberace's bathwater, drool from a...'

"Starting at a new agency can be overwhelming. Let me show you around."

"Wow! I never knew the Vancouver Island marmot is among the rarest animals in the world! Pretty cool, huh?"

Funky Facts - UK kids.

'More or less?'

Conspiracy theories

"If I meet one more person who thinks a whale is a fish!..."

'Hey, that line's moving a lot faster!'

'We ran a full DNA test, STR and Mitochondrial analysis... and Bob here 'Googled' it just to make sure.'

"Stacy. Stacy. Honey... You're not a doctor."

Zoology. Cheetahs can reach speeds up to sixty miles an hour! Amazing, and yet they never win!

"Stop fact checking my story."

"But I digress..."

Lemme ask you something: Do you care about the quality of information you get? How's you mean? You want professional journalists covering events? If so, you've got to pay them. Bloggers sitting in their jammies at home can't get you the facts from Istanbul. You look extremely bored. You've got a weird hangup with facts.

You Can't Argue With The Facts!

"Do you have a few unsubstantiated claims I can borrow?"

The Mnemonic Plague.

If you are going to fact check my resume, I embellished the part about being an astronaut.