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Source track record

An evidence-based measure of how a source's checked claims have held up, shown only after enough claims have been reviewed.

A source track record summarizes how a publisher's checked claims have held up against the evidence, for example "7 of 9 checked claims held up." It is shown only after at least three claims from that source have approved verdicts.

The track record rates a source's published claims, not the people behind it. It is not a judgment of anyone's honesty or motives. Its purpose is practical: a source that has already been shown wrong gets more scrutiny on its next claim, and a source with a strong record is still checked, because no source gets automatic trust.

Related

First sourceThe earliest publication of a claim that can be found, the origin the copies trace back to.Claim attributionRecording who actually made a claim, separately from the outlet where it appeared.Republication vs. corroborationCopies of one statement are republication. Corroboration requires an independent source reaching the same fact from its own evidence.Unverified vs. falseUnverified means not yet checked or no evidence found. False (contradicted) requires linked evidence that shows the claim is wrong.

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