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PolitiFact's Notre-Dame Retraction Illustrates Digital-Era Pitfalls

 June 8, 2019

As the devastating fire raged at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris this past April, an image began circulating online of two men smiling amid a sea of mourners. PolitiFact's attempt to fact check it illustrates the difficulties of image verification in the modern era.

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