Aaron Sharockman is the executive director of PolitiFact. Aaron oversees PolitiFact’s operations, development and revenue, assists in our journalistic mission, manages our state partnerships and lead efforts to develop new products for PolitiFact users. He also helps coordinate some of our special products, including our debate coverage and our media appearances. Aaron has been with PolitiFact since 2010 and served most recently as the editor of PunditFact, a website dedicated to checking claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers and the hosts and guests of talk shows. He also has served as a government and politics reporter for the Tampa Bay Times since 2003. He is a graduate of Indiana University. Facebook and fact-checkers are fighting back against the spread of online hoaxes. But it won't solve everything. Aaron Sharockman, the executive director of PolitiFact, the largest fact-checking organization in the United States, takes you behind the scenes of life on the front lines in the battle against fake news, and explains what governments could be doing to help.