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A fact is a true datum about one or more aspects of a circumstance. [1] Standard reference works are often used to check facts. Scientific facts are verified by repeatable careful observation or measurement by experiments or other means. For example, "This sentence contains words."
An example is: "United States of America was involved in the Vietnam War," versus "United States of America was right to get involved in the Vietnam War". An opinion may be supported by facts and principles, in which case it becomes an argument. Different people may draw opposing conclusions (opinions) even if they agree on the same set of facts.
Use this inline template to tag a sentence that may be opinion presented as fact. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Month and year date Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} String suggested See also {{ Fact or opinion }}
The issue is not fact-checking, but the failure to do so equally and accurately. ABC actually disseminated false information under the mantle of fact-checking, and that’s a real problem.
Story at a glance Knowing the difference between fact and opinion seems simple, but respondents in a survey published earlier this month were largely unable to correctly identify either. Two ...
Today kicks off the third annual National News Literacy Week with "Stop the flood of misinformation … care before you share" as its theme. National News Literacy Week is a campaign promoting the ...
{{Fact or opinion}} —message when a sentence may or may not require in-text attribution (e.g., "Jimmy Wales says") {{Attribution needed}} —when in-text attribution should be added; Undue-weight templates: {{Undue weight}} —message used to warn that a part of an article lends undue weight to certain ideas relative to the article as a whole
More difficult examples: Abortion is wrong – opinion, not a fact. The pro-life movement holds that abortion is wrong, or occasionally that it is only justified in certain special cases – fact, not an opinion. God/spiritual energy/[insert your pet concept here] does/does not exist. – opinion, not a fact.