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Computer programmes are being developed to combat fake news.

Tim Harford finds out how computer programmes could combat fake news.

Could computers do a better job than humans of exposing fake news and holding politicians to account? Tim Harford interviews Mevan Babakar of the fact-checking organisation Fullfact about the software tools she and her team are building to try to automatically verify statistical claims.

Producer: Ruth Alexander

(image: President Trump and French President Macron hold a joint news conference at the White House April 2018. Photo Credit:Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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