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can be trusted because independent studies show high agreement across reputable fact-checkers, systematic methods (sourcing, expert verification, cross-checking) are widely used, and experiments demon...
Snopes is a privately owned digital fact‑checking outlet operated under Snopes Media Group, Inc., ; the site funds operations mainly through programmatic advertising, paid memberships, direct contribu...
Snopes has a broadly recognized record as a prominent fact‑checking outlet with documented , while independent assessments also flag a small left‑leaning tilt and occasional conflation of subjective c...
Snopes remains one of the most prominent online fact-checking sites, with multiple independent assessments finding while critics point to episodes of bias, plagiarism, and managerial turmoil that comp...
The evidence in the provided analyses identifies a consistent core of widely cited, expected to be reliable in 2025: FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, Snopes, Reuters Fact Check, AFP Fact Check, and several ...
Several independent organizations publish media-bias ratings in 2025 and are widely cited by tools and libraries: AllSides (which lists over 2,400 rated sources and uses blind surveys and editorial re...
The International Fact‑Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute accredits and lists fact‑checking organizations that agree to its Code of Principles; the network publicly says it reaches more ...
Available sources give only limited, mixed information about factually.co. Scam Detector’s April 2025 review calls factually.co “a questionable website” and assigns it a medium‑low trust rank based on...
fact‑checking organizations have historically been funded by a mix of private foundations—most prominently the , , , , , and others—alongside corporate grants (notably like ’s program) and public dona...
The provided documents do not identify donors to a site named “”; the reporting instead contains detailed funding disclosures for and fundraising commentary about , which cannot be assumed to represen...
The question asks whether "Factually" is a liberal‑skewed fact‑checking site; available reporting in the packet does not evaluate a site named Factually, so a definitive judgment about that specific o...
Multiple conservative and partisan outlets allege that many fact‑checking organizations have received grants from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations or networks tied to left‑leaning donors; Poynt...
Reputable fact-checkers including (), and other verification outlets traced about “” back to a fringe site called and concluded the central claims were invented rather than reported, noting invented s...
Independent fact-checkers are not infallible, but they are broadly reliable: multiple large-scale studies find high agreement and accuracy across established organizations, and major outlets state com...
and emphasize verification, and institutional standards: BBC runs a dedicated verification hub (BBC Verify / Reality Check) focused on video and disinformation work , while Reuters markets its Fact Ch...
A practical ecosystem of browser extensions and open‑source tools exists for fact‑checking , ranging from that extract frames and metadata to and ; each brings strengths and tradeoffs between automati...
’s historical and present funding is dominated by the Annenberg family of sources — ’s endowment and Annenberg Foundation support have been the largest sustained backers — while targeted grants from m...
Factually.co’s stated process mirrors standard fact‑checking practice: claims are triaged for harm and virality, researched against primary and secondary sources, rated on a defined scale, and vetted ...
Verification of factual statements rests on a defined pipeline: identify check-worthy claims, gather primary-source evidence, consult established fact‑checking organizations, and use transparent metho...
Factually is a newsletter produced by the International Fact‑Checking Network and promoted on Poynter’s site as a biweekly (every other Thursday) publication; Poynter’s subscribe page explicitly state...