Full Fact in the press

Communicating openly and clearly with the public is critical to our mission of rebuilding trust. That’s why Full Fact works closely with the media to secure coverage and reach as many people as we can through our press releases.

If you are a journalist with a press enquiry or interview request please contact our press team at press@fullfact.org. You can also submit a request through our contact form here.

Read a selection of prominent media coverage featuring Full Fact’s work:

15 October 2026

AI Chatbots Benchmarking

The Independent reported on our first AI Chatbots Benchmarking report, highlighting pitfalls in AI Chatbot accuracy.

Read the Independent article

Image of AI chatbot apps on a phone

25 June 2026

Fighting AI with AI

Editor Steve Nowottny writes in NiemanLab on how Full Fact AI can help our fact checking team.

Read the NiemanLab article

A screengrab of Full Fact AI tools

18 June 2026

Government recommendations for serious information incidents

PoliticsHome featured the article written by our Policy team Phoebe Arnold and George Havenhand.

Read the PoliticsHome article

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29 May 2026

There is no such thing as a safe tan

The Guardian used our fact check of the Sunbed Association's incorrect advice in its article.

Read the Guardian article

A tanning bed in use

18 May 2026

Facebook pages use AI to promote fake ‘good news’ stories about politicians

Our investigation formed an exclusive article in the Independent with extensive quotes from our Editor.

Read the Independent article

Some of the images we’ve seen shared with fake stories, including pictures supposedly showing Nigel Farage, Rishi Sunak, Zia Yusuf and Rupert Lowe.

26 April 2026

Local election bar charts misleading voters

The Guardian ran an exclusive Full Fact investigation on dodgy bar charts from political party leaflets in the 2026 local elections.

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Dodgy bar chart

5 December 2025

AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation

A Full Fact investigation led to a Guardian article uncovering this worrying trend.

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A screen grab of AI deepfakes of doctors article in the Guardian