South Africa Website Searches for Truth
08/29/2013
A South African man sells newspapers.
Hello! How are you today? Thanks for joining us for another edition of As It Is on VOA. I’m Jim Tedder in Washington. Tighten your seat belts and fly with us to South Africa to hear about the search for truth. If you often find yourself questioning what some politician says, then you’ll want to listen to our first report closely.
And then we’ll reach into the “in case you missed it” folder, and look back nearly five decades at something that had the entire world looking up in wonder. As It Is, sound coming out of your radio, and on your computer, As It Is ...is headed your way!
You can’t always believe what people say, or write in newspapers, or tell you on the radio or television. But you knew that. Wouldn’t it be helpful to have someone always on the lookout, searching for the truth? Well, in South Africa there is a “facts watchdog,” a website that checks facts. It is called “Africa Checks.” It reports on claims made by the country’s leaders and the media. The site also investigates common statements that are repeated many times by people without evidence.
People often say, for example, that Johannesburg has the largest forest made by man in the world. That statement is easy to believe. The city’s greenery covers many neighborhoods. But the statement is not true! Africa Check found that the largest man-made forest is in China, next to the Gobi Desert.
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