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CBS News Hires Rhona Tarrant As Executive Editor Of New Verification And Fact-Checking Initiative


The network launched the unit last year

Tarrant, who will start on April 1, has worked with the Google News Initiative and Storyful to train journalists on identifying misinformation and disinformation. The network announced CBS News Confirmed last year as a venture to identify IA generated deepfakes and misinformation. In a statement, Milne called Tarrant “one of the leading journalists and editors in the world working in and breaking new ground in the area of verifying information.”

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