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A dedicated department of Agence France-Presse with journalists and regional editors. AFP publishes its governance, funding sources, method and corrections standards.
A fact-checking unit inside the Reuters editorial department, owned by Thomson Reuters. It focuses especially on visual material and claims circulating on social media.
A specialist team within BBC News that uses open-source intelligence, data analysis, satellite imagery and forensic verification to show how reporting was established.
A UK registered charity with employed fact checkers, journalists, technologists and policy staff. A volunteer board of trustees oversees the organisation but not daily editorial decisions.
Fact-checking and explanatory reporting from The Associated Press, an independent global news cooperative owned by its US newspaper and broadcaster members.
A long-running US fact-checking publisher owned by Chris Richmond and Drew Schoentrup. Its reporting is produced by editorial staff and is increasingly supported by paying members.
Directory details last checked 4 August 2026. A listing describes the service; it is not an endorsement of every article it publishes.
Do not outsource the conclusion
A fact-checking article is a useful lead, not a substitute for reading. Use its links to reconstruct the strongest part of the case.
Locate the full speech, study, dataset, judgment, image or video—not only a screenshot or paraphrase.
Does the original actually say or show what the post attributes to it?
Old material, another country or a narrow sample may be presented as current and universal.
Check the population, comparison, measurement, assumptions and uncertainty.
A true number or quotation can still create a false impression when the denominator, baseline or surrounding sentence is removed.
Several articles repeating one source are not several independent confirmations.
For research claims, inspect methods, limitations and results before relying on the title or summary.
Distinguish false, unsupported, uncertain, mixed and out of context. Do not claim more certainty than the evidence permits.
Who did the work?
Some projects use volunteers, some use paid journalists, and some combine paid staff with volunteer boards or contributors. Employment status alone does not settle credibility.