Accuracy
The numbers, as they stand
Every figure on this page is summed from the claim ledgers published with each article. Nothing here is estimated.
What happened to 733 checked claims
across 17 articles
- Verified
- 97%711 claims
Both independent fact-checkers found the claim supported by its sources.
- Disputed
- 1.8%13 claims
The checkers split, so the claim was published only with attribution to who makes it.
- Removed
- 1.2%9 claims
Neither checker supported the claim, so it was stopped before publication.
Totals
- Articles published
- 17
Articles that passed every step and are live on the site.
- Claims checked
- 733
Standalone factual claims put to two fact-checkers, summed over every article.
- Sources cited
- 312
Numbered sources the articles were written from, counted once per article.
- Reader reports
- 0
Reports of errors, bias or gaps sent with the Report button, including praise.
Per article, on average
- Claims checked43.1
- Sources cited18.4
- Claims removed0.5
Bars are scaled to the average number of claims checked per article.
Check our arithmetic
These totals are computed from the published ledgers and nothing else. Each article carries its own ledger: every factual claim the writer made, the verdict of each fact-checker, and whether the claim was kept, attributed or cut. Open any article, read its ledger, and you can recount its share of these numbers yourself.
A high verified share is not proof of truth — two checkers can agree and both be wrong — and a removed claim is not necessarily false; it is one the sources did not support well enough. That is why the ledger is public and every article has a Report button. The rules behind each verdict are on the editorial policy page.