Turning the Tide on Misinformation: Fact-checking in the Age of a 'Million Narratives'
Chris Morris, CEO of Full Fact, talks with Byline Times.
Byline Supplement
Chris Morris, who left the BBC to lead fact-checking nonprofit, Full Fact, tells Josiah Mortimer that critical thinking skills are crucial amid a surge in false narratives and risky AI tools.
Josiah Mortimer: How are you finding the switch from journalism to the NGO and fact-checking world?
Chris Morris: It's been good. I left the BBC with a smile on my face. It's different… I spend considerable time trying to raise money, as you realize when you're a charity that you need money to pay salaries.
But it's also a good opportunity to think about the sector more broadly – trust and truth in politics and society, which I think is crucial. We're at a critical moment. We're only 15 years into what is probably a 100-year information revolution, and goodness knows where it's going to end up.
But reliability, accuracy, and ensuring people have access to decent information so they can make good choices on things that matter to them – these are worth fighting for. That's why I decided to come back into something adjacent to what I was doing, especially in my last few years at BBC when I was doing fact-checking with Reality Check.
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