How We Verify Stories

Our Method

This page explains how MythPost verifies stories — the checks a story passes before it is published, and what happens when the facts change afterwards. It sits alongside our Editorial Policy, which sets the standards this method enforces.

Two Independent Sources

Every story is checked against at least two independent sources before publication. If a claim rests on a single report that we cannot corroborate, we either hold the story or say plainly in the article that the claim is unconfirmed.

Primary Sources First

For money, benefits, recalls and legal claims, we go to the primary or official source wherever one exists — the Social Security Administration for benefit changes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for Medicare figures, the Food and Drug Administration for food and product recalls, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Federal Reserve for economic data, and court or Department of Justice records for legal cases. Sale dates and store hours come from the retailers' own announcements, and sports records from the leagues and teams themselves.

Sources On Every Article

Every article ends with a Sources list linking to the references used to report it, so readers can check our work for themselves. Myth Or Truth pieces in Facts & History also carry a verdict box stating what the evidence shows.

Updates And Corrections

Time-sensitive stories — sale windows, benefit deadlines, offers tied to a date — carry a dated update note at the top of the article once the facts change or the offers expire. When we make a mistake, the correction is made in the article itself with a note, never silently. To report an error, use the Contact page or email [email protected]; every correction request is reviewed by our editor, Hamza Ali Basra.