Evidence Matters
Start Here
Start Here is the quick guide to using Evidence Matters. If you want to check a claim, understand the evidence, or find the right page, begin here.
Follow the record. Check the source. Demand evidence.
What Evidence Matters Does
Evidence Matters helps readers slow down, check public claims, and separate evidence from rumor, opinion, outrage, and political spin.
This site is built around one simple idea: a claim is only as strong as the evidence behind it.
Start With These Pages
Verify A Claim
Search, review, or submit a public claim for evidence-based review.
Claim Database
Find reviewed claims, verdicts, and the evidence connected to them.
How We Verify
See the method used to review claims, sources, logic, and evidence.
20 Questions
Use a simple checklist to test whether a claim deserves your trust.
Blog
Read plain-English posts about misinformation, evidence, politics, and media claims.
10K Challenge
Learn about the Evidence Matters challenge and what kind of proof counts.
If You Are Checking A Claim
Start with the exact words of the claim. Then ask who made it, where it came from, what source supports it, and whether the evidence can be independently checked.
- Is there a primary source?
- Is the source credible?
- Does the evidence actually prove the claim?
- Is important context missing?
- Would the claim still hold up if your favorite side did not say it?
Helpful Evidence Matters Guides
Need To Contact Evidence Matters?
Use the contact page for questions, corrections, claim suggestions, or site feedback.