A quote must be exact — Fact-Check Room · Free Press
Mayor Pim of Lake Hollow said: We will plant ten trees in the park this spring. Four reporters wrote it down in different ways.
Your task
Is each version true to what she said?
- Words inside quotation marks must be what was really said. Changing them changes the meaning.
- Invented newsrooms and stories to learn from, not real news. Before sharing anything about real people, ask a trusted adult.
- Never share private details of anyone. Nothing about you is collected.
Score
- How news works — You understood how this part of journalism works.
- Truth & accuracy — You checked the facts before telling them.
- Fair & kind — You were fair to the people in the story.
In real life
Good journalists keep recordings or notes so they can prove a quote is exact.
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