Graceful when corrected.

Facts are facts, America. We should care about getting things right. Yet standards of who gets fact-checked, how often + why are unclear.

This is where false equivalency+bias creeps in, allowing climate deniers to be put on par w/scientists, for example.https://t.co/87c6kVzIuI

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 7, 2019

No one likes to be fact-checked. There’s a simple way to avoid it. And there’s a big difference between the colossal amount of time we spend fact-checking Trump (7,645 false/misleading claims and counting) and TWO fact-checks of @AOC https://t.co/GiEKvNfSUs

— Sal Rizzo (@rizzoTK) January 7, 2019

Fact-checking is critically important. It’s not always fun. But that’s okay! It pushes me to be better.

It’s important that if fact-checkers are referees, everyone know the rules - and those rules be as clear + fair as possible for all to play.

Thank you for the work you do. https://t.co/LGfd6pOReX

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 7, 2019