It has been verified. Media has a set of pictures-stickers that should help you quickly establish the degree of reliability of a fact. You can ask us why we do not use two options for simplicity: “Truth” or “False”. The fact is that the information that interests us is rarely a fake of pure water, or opposite one hundred percent truth. And if you use only a binary scale, we risk misleading readers. And we just do not want to do this. We try not to simplify reality to the detriment of accuracy. That is why we rely on a wider range of assessments, the idea of which we borrowed from the oldest factory site on the Internet Snopes.com.
If in a disassembled plot there are elements corresponding to two or three verdicts at once (for example, there is a fragment of video torn from the context and a false statement), the author of the analysis and the editor are made jointly. In especially difficult cases, the choice of verdict can be made for discussion of the entire editorial office.
Here is a complete list of stickers that we use and their meaning:
Is it true
This sticker shows that we are dealing with a true fact or a true statement. At least by the aggregate of information available today.
Most of the truth
This sticker indicates that we have a predominantly true fact or correct statement, but some details associated with it may be inaccurate.
Most likely, the truth
We put this sticker when we are almost sure that we are dealing with a true fact or a true statement. But irrefutable evidence of this for some reason is not enough.
Not true
This sticker shows that we are dealing with a false fact or statement - at least in the aggregate of information available to date.
Most of the NevaRavda
This sticker indicates that in its basis the verified fact or statement is false. But some details associated with it may be true.
Most likely not true
We put this sticker when we are almost sure that we are dealing with a false fact or statement. But irrefutable evidence of this for some reason is not enough.
Half truth
This sticker shows that the verified fact or statement is a mixture of truth and lies in approximately equal proportions. In this case, until you read the analysis entirely, you will not find out where what.
This is not for sure
This sticker does not indicate that we tried poorly, but that there is not enough information available for today's day to properly check the fact or statement. We cannot reliably confirm or reliably refute it.
Teared out of context
With this sticker, we label real, not altered and not falsified quotes, texts, photographs or videos, which nevertheless misleads people, since they are accompanied by false explanatory materials. They incorrectly indicate their origin, context and/or meaning.
Incorrect attribution of quote
This sticker indicates that the quoted phrase or text was incorrectly attributed, that is, they were attributed to the not person who first pronounced or wrote them.
True quote
This sticker shows that the quoted phrase or text was correctly attributed, that is, they are attributed to the person who pronounced or wrote them.
Distorted quote
This sticker shows that the quoted phrase or text was correctly attributed. However, compared with the original in the text, there are significant changes affecting its content.
Constantic news
This sticker indicates that the source of fact or statement is a publication that is comic or satirical in nature.
Legend
This sticker most often indicates that the events described do not have any details checked. They are described in the form of a “city legend”, which means that they are essentially not checked.
Fraud
This sticker accompanies the materials in which we are talking about fake messages, pictures or mailing mails created for fraudulent purposes.
Fake
This sticker shows that we are dealing with a false fact or statement. At the same time, we are sure that it is not based on a mistake, but a deliberate forgery, falsification.
Treatment
This sticker shows that we have a widespread performance or plot that do not have a certain author. At the same time, they managed to check their details, and the verification did not confirm.
