"Anonymous Sources Confirm..."
Major outlet reports weapons of mass destruction found in unnamed country based on anonymous intelligence sources
CORRECTION: No evidence was found. The story was retracted 14 months later on page A17.
counter is real. numbers don't lie. journalists sometimes do.
Ownership Maps
Six corporations control 90% of media consumed in the United States. The consolidation happened slowly, then all at once. When your news source is owned by the company it's supposed to investigate, accountability becomes performance.
"Studies Show..."
Viral headline claims new study proves correlation equals causation with sample size of 12
CORRECTION: Study was pre-print, non-peer-reviewed, funded by the industry it exonerated. p-value was 0.048. Barely.
"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're misinformed."— attributed to Mark Twain (unverified, ironically)
How We Audit
- Identify claim in published media
- Trace to original source
- Cross-reference with public records
- Document discrepancies
- Publish with full sourcing
- Accept corrections ourselves (see our corrections page)
2025 AUDIT RESULTS
"Breaking: Experts Say..."
Network broadcasts expert opinion as news, expert has undisclosed financial ties to subject of coverage
CORRECTION: Expert held $2.3M in stock of company they were defending on air. Conflict disclosed nowhere.
SUBMIT A TIP
See a media claim that doesn't add up? We investigate. We publish. We name names.
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