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Every claim checked by FactUnion.
Your business puts its name on every episode we make. So before anything goes out, every factual claim is counted, checked against sources and kept on record. This page says what that means.
FactUnion is a related company under the same owner. We use FactUnion's fact-checking process.
The standard
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Every factual claim counted and checked before release
A claim that does not match its sources is rewritten to match them. A claim we cannot confirm is cut.
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Sources kept
Every claim keeps the sources it was checked against.
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Fiction always labeled
An audio drama says it is fiction, on every episode.
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Synthetic voices disclosed
Our episodes are read by synthetic voices, and we say so.
A sponsor cannot buy a fact. Being the sponsor puts your name on the show; it never changes what the show says is true.
What checked means
How we check
The same four steps for every factual episode, whoever it is made for.
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We list every claim
Every statement of fact in the script: a date, a number, a name, a quote, an event. Each one is counted.
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We check each one
Against published reporting and public records, and with a search for anything that says otherwise.
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We fix it or cut it
A claim that does not match its sources is rewritten to match them. A claim we cannot confirm is cut.
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We match the recording
The finished audio is matched word by word to the checked script.
The claim count
Proof you can count, not a promise.
Every episode carries its count: how many claims it makes, how many were checked, and when. Your account shows it for every episode of your show.
On the shows we publish here, the fact sheet is public: every claim, with the sources it was checked against.
Checked
The Kodak Fiends Are Back
The Latent Image · ShotBreak
9 of them were corrected in the script before release.
- Claim 4
Abigail Roberson, a Rochester teenager, sued Franklin Mills Flour and Rochester Folding Box Co. in 1900 after her portrait was printed without her consent on 25,000 advertising posters.
Source: history.com - Claim 5
In 1902 the New York Court of Appeals ruled against Roberson, holding that no legal right to privacy existed.
Source: en.m.wikipedia.org
When we get it wrong
Corrections
When a fact in an episode is wrong and nobody can have heard the episode yet, we fix the audio. When people may have heard it, we also publish a correction on the episode page and on our corrections page.
If you spot a mistake in any episode, write to [email protected].
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