Evidence Matters
Start Here Evidence Matters
Start Here Evidence Matters is the main introduction page for learning how to verify claims, check sources, review evidence, and navigate the Evidence Matters platform.
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 Here Evidence Matters: Begin 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 Here Evidence Matters is useful when you are trying to slow down and check whether a public claim is supported by real evidence.
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
Why Evidence Matters Exists
Start Here Evidence Matters was created to help people slow down, verify information, and separate evidence from rumors, political spin, emotional manipulation, and misinformation.
The internet rewards speed, outrage, and certainty. Evidence Matters encourages readers to stop, inspect the record, and ask whether the evidence actually supports the claim.
The goal is not to tell people what to think. The goal is to help people think more carefully and verify information before repeating it.
Need To Contact Evidence Matters?
Use the contact page for questions, corrections, claim suggestions, or site feedback.
FAQ: Start Here Evidence Matters
What is Evidence Matters?
Evidence Matters is a website focused on checking public claims, reviewing evidence, and helping readers separate verified information from rumors and misinformation.
How do I verify a claim?
Start with the exact claim, locate the original source, inspect the evidence, review the context, and compare reliable reporting.
What counts as evidence?
Strong evidence includes primary records, official documents, public data, full video or audio, firsthand sources, and independently verifiable information.