“…Fact‐checking is now recognized as an important tool in the contemporary media landscape of a democratic society (Graves, ). Ideally, fact‐checking can help guide public discourse and foster evidence‐based decision making and policy creation, as well as shape perceptions of political candidates (Fridkin, Kenney, & Wintersieck, ; Gottfried, Hardy, Winneg, & Jamieson, ; Wintersieck, ; Wintersieck, Fridkin, & Kenney, ; also see Bode & Vraga, ; Cobb, Nyhan, & Reifler, ).…”