{"id":827,"date":"2020-05-22T00:03:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T23:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/science\/?page_id=827"},"modified":"2020-05-22T09:47:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T08:47:08","slug":"fact-checking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/science\/fact-checking\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-checking"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"827\" class=\"elementor elementor-827\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5858424 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5858424\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-225e979\" data-id=\"225e979\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abe494f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abe494f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff2890d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff2890d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9010e1\" data-id=\"a9010e1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdfe02c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdfe02c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this section, you will find links to articles in which I review claims pertaining to current topics. 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