Elizabeth Moran “Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind”

Cuchifritos

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Since June 2017, Moran has researched the history of fact-checking as a profession. The position was created by TIME Magazine’s founders in 1923, and as the first weekly news magazine in the US, TIME served as an aggregator, culling stories from 300 newspapers. TIME’s reporting was advertised as “written after the most thorough and exhaustive scrutiny of news-sources;” however, this “exhaustive scrutiny” was considered women’s work from its inception. Indeed, early fact-checking manuals include instructions to confirm names, dates, etc., while the checkers maintain their “domestic list of chores.” Darning socks and facts. Ironing shirts and statements.

Moran’s latest series interrogates the historical association between women’s work and fact-checking, particularly within today’s “post-fact” information landscape. Drawing from the earliest advertisements for TIME magazine, Moran’s photographs and sculptures give rare voice to these once-anonymous women.