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    Poynter‏Verified account @Poynter 27 Mar 2014

    Journos who start as fact-checkers learn "to pull someone else’s writing apart” http://bit.ly/1pzS2HI  Was fact-checking your first job?

    6:56 AM - 27 Mar 2014
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      1. Eddie‏ @angryblackbiguy 27 Mar 2014
        Replying to @benaemosby

        @benaemosby @PhillyWeekly @Poynter @TimWhitaker30 I'm old enough to remember when the newspapers WERE the fact checkers

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      2. Julia Dahl‏ @juliadahl 27 Mar 2014
        Replying to @Poynter

        @Poynter My first job was as a fact-checker at @EW What I learned was precision and to triple check my work; utterly invaluable #journalism

        1 reply 2 retweets 8 likes
      3. Lindsay Ghostworld‏ @lindsaygoldwert 27 Mar 2014
        Replying to @juliadahl

        @juliadahl @Poynter @EW Fact-checking at NYmag and Marie Claire. I didn't appreciate it at the time, was the most valuable skill

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      2. Christine DiGangi‏ @writingbikes 27 Mar 2014
        Replying to @Poynter

        @Poynter Started at the @nytimes news service after @DJNF boot camp. Ed Trayes is the king of drilling fact-checking into young journos.

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      2. Dan Appenfeller‏ @dapper_feller 27 Mar 2014
        Replying to @Poynter

        .@Poynter Very true — I've only become a better writer since starting off fact-checking @thedbk.

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      2. Amy Schellenbaum‏Verified account @acsbaum 27 Mar 2014
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        @Poynter Just out of college I copy edited at @nytimes as a @DJNF intern. Can confirm.

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      3. Sean Blue‏ @HoosierGinga 27 Mar 2014
        Replying to @acsbaum

        @acsbaum @DJNF @Poynter @nytimes And his wonderful anecdotes!

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      4. Amy Schellenbaum‏Verified account @acsbaum 27 Mar 2014
        Replying to @HoosierGinga

        @HoosierGinga @DJNF @Poynter @nytimes he said we'd never look at a banana the same way again. And he was right.

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      2. Tyler Dukes‏Verified account @mtdukes 27 Mar 2014
        Replying to @Poynter

        .@Poynter Spent a summer on WSJ global copy desk after Ed Trayes' copy editing boot camp. Absolutely brutal, but made me a better journalist

        2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Joe BOOvies‏ @joeovies 27 Mar 2014
        Replying to @mtdukes

        @mtdukes SERIOUSLY TYLER HOW DO YOU GET VERIFIED ANSWER ME DAMMIT

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      4. Tyler Dukes‏Verified account @mtdukes 27 Mar 2014
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        @joeovies USE YOUR MANNERS JOSEPH

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      2. Kevin Spurgaitis‏ @FlyontheWall_ca 27 Mar 2014
        Replying to @Poynter

        Not seeing enough Dickensian origin stories in response to this RT @Poynter Was fact-checking your first job? http://bit.ly/1pzS2HI 

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      3. Andrew Beaujon‏Verified account @abeaujon 27 Mar 2014
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        @FlyontheWall_ca oh just you wait, Kevin Spurgaitis, just you wait

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      4. Kevin Spurgaitis‏ @FlyontheWall_ca 27 Mar 2014
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        @abeaujon I swallowed a bug. Cheers, Andrew.

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      1. Lindsey Wojcik‏ @lindseykwojcik 27 Mar 2014
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        @Poynter Fact-checked as @TimeOutNewYork intern during my first 6 months in NYC. Learned about the city and value of going back to sources.

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      1. Genevieve Marlin‏ @GenevieveMarlin 27 Mar 2014
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        @Poynter My first journo job was a a fact checker/receptionist @MONEY I learned so much!

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      1. Joan Niesen‏Verified account @JoanNiesen 27 Mar 2014
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        @poynter Internship at Sports Illustrated. Learned a ton that I still use today. Also drove writers crazy with my questions, I think.

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