R0051/2026-03-31/Q003/SRC01

Research	R0051 — Fact-Checking Gap
Run	2026-03-31
Query	Q003
Search	S02
Result	S02-R01
Source	SRC01

Vandenberghe (2025) — Epistemological challenges documented as unsolved problems

Source

Field	Value
Title	Fact-Checking in Journalism: An Epistemological Framework
Publisher	Taylor & Francis / Journalism Studies
Author(s)	Vandenberghe
Date	2025
URL	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2025.2492729
Type	Research paper

Summary

Dimension	Rating
Reliability	High
Relevance	High
Bias: Missing data	Low risk
Bias: Measurement	N/A
Bias: Selective reporting	Low risk
Bias: Randomization	N/A — not an RCT
Bias: Protocol deviation	N/A — not an RCT
Bias: COI/Funding	Low risk

Rationale

Dimension	Rationale
Reliability	Peer-reviewed, 2025, leading journalism journal.
Relevance	Explicitly documents epistemological challenges as unsolved — directly evidences gap identification.
Bias flags	No apparent concerns.

Evidence Extracts

Evidence ID	Summary
SRC01-E01	Explicitly frames three epistemological challenges as unsolved problems