Claim check: what kind of number are you reading?

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Claim check, number check, fact check: what kind of number are you reading?

Send me one claim and where you met it. A headline, a report, a chart, a number someone quoted at you. I run a claim check against primary sources and tell you what class of number it is: a scenario, an upper bound, an estimate, or a stress test. Then I hand back the source chain, the exact wording, and what changed between the source and the retelling. Want to fact check a line before you publish it? Need to verify a claim or verify a source someone sent you? Want to check a claim, check a number, or check a stat you keep repeating? It is one job: a claim check, a number check, a source check, a stat check, a data check. I open the original table, dataset, or report, and compare what it actually says with what is quoted. You get a written brief, 500 to 900 words, sources inline so you can re-run every step. One round of notes included. If the claim cannot be checked from public sources, I say so and nothing is owed.

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