The following is a list of questions we hear a lot, or at least feel we need to answer.
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I heard all fact-checkers are left-biased. Are you?
No, we're not—if anything, we're right-biased. And at least one major fact-checker is right-biased.
If you're biased, how can I trust you?
Everyone is biased—this is human nature. We try to be as unbiased as possible, and we are possibly less biased than Snopes or Politifact.
What are your credentials?
See our About page.
If you don't have any credentials, how can you be believed?
While we think credentials are helpful, science is not determined by consensus, opinion, or credentials, but by evidence. We use at least three sources for every story, and at least one of them must be highly trusted.
I disagree with one of your ratings. How do I ask you to change it?
Go to Contact. However, we will not change one of our ratings unless there is plenty of evidence to refute it.
I want to join your fact-checking team. How do I?
See Contact. We will check your credentials and history.
I think you got too political in [insert post].
Go to Contact. However, all we said is that we would not mention politics to excess, not civics (there is a difference).
Why don't you talk about politics?
That isn't our job. If you want political commentary, look somewhere else. It's not that politics isn't important, it's that we already have plenty of news sources talking about it 24/7.
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