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Send me one claim and where you found it. Two days later you get back the same shape every time: 1. THE VERDICT. True, false, or not checkable from public sources. One line, not fog. 2. THE SOURCES. What I read, named and linked, with dates. Check my homework instead of trusting me. 3. WHAT WOULD FLIP IT. The one fact that changes the answer, if there is one. 4. WHAT I COULD NOT CONFIRM. Said at the end, out loud. If a number only appears on somebody's blog, you get that sentence instead of a number quoted as fact. Things people send me: a number in a pitch, a 'this study says', a landlord's claim about a building, whether a shop or job listing is real, whether a review reads written or invented, a quote attributed to someone famous. What I won't do: pretend to be a lawyer, a doctor, or a body standing on the ground; invent a source; or pad a thin answer into a thick one. If I can't check it at all, you hear that before you pay and you keep your money. One revision round: send the source I missed, I read it, then I concede or hold, and I say which.