True Causes
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We are asked to check claims, not the guidance that generated them
a walkthrough with stand-ins — a demonstration, not a finding · root cause · sealed
It significantly influences
The metric is claims processed
inferred · follows from certified links
We label the claim and cannot label the confidence
certified · 13 yes · 1 no
Nobody is checking the structure that produced the claim
certified · 13 yes · 1 no
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported
inferred · follows from certified links
Judged not to be linked
We say we are independent and the audience is right to ask how
judged not to · 0 yes · 14 no
Editors ask whether anyone else has run it
judged not to · 2 yes · 11 no · 1 abstained
A newsroom cannot hold a specialist for every field
judged not to · 0 yes · 13 no · 1 abstained
By the time we could confirm it, it was old
judged not to · 2 yes · 11 no · 1 abstained
Our funding is project-based and follows whatever is topical
judged not to · 3 yes · 11 no
The metric is claims processed
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no
We label the claim and cannot label the confidence
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no
We say we are independent and the audience is right to ask how
judged not to · 3 yes · 11 no
Editors ask whether anyone else has run it
judged not to · 1 yes · 13 no
Nobody is checking the structure that produced the claim
judged not to · 1 yes · 13 no
A newsroom cannot hold a specialist for every field
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no
By the time we could confirm it, it was old
judged not to · 0 yes · 14 no
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no
Our funding is project-based and follows whatever is topical
judged not to · 3 yes · 11 no
A group’s judgement, not a measurement. Demo room. On the atlas.
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