Fact-check a claim or article
Breaks content into checkable claims, rates each one, and flags spin and missing context.
The prompt
Fact-check the content below.
Content:
[PASTE ARTICLE, POST, SCRIPT, OR CLAIM]
Steps:
1. List each specific, checkable claim (numbers, dates, quotes, causal claims).
2. For each claim give a verdict — Accurate / Mostly accurate / Misleading / False / Unverifiable — with the reasoning and the best source to check it. If you can browse, cite sources with dates; if you can't, say "needs verification" rather than guessing.
3. Flag framing issues: cherry-picked data, missing context, loaded language, correlation presented as causation, outdated information.
4. Note anything that is opinion rather than fact.
Return a table: | Claim | Verdict | Why | Source to check |
Then a short overall assessment of how reliable the content is.
Do not invent sources. When evidence is genuinely mixed, say so.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- PASTE ARTICLE, POST, SCRIPT, OR CLAIM
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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