#FactsMatter

Articles and videos on how we check facts, highlighting the challenges we face in getting to the heart of evidence and the difference fact checking can make.

23 July 2025

Mis(sing) information: The impact of disappearing archives and data sources

Discover how digital decay and disappearing archives weaken public scrutiny and fuel misinformation.

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3 June 2025

Why Facts Matter to Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE

Facts matter. Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE tells us why they matter and what they mean to her.

A thumbnail of a YouTube video showing Baroness Beeban Kidron endorsing the campaign #FactsMatter

11 April 2025

A fact checker's guide to spotting if something is AI

As part of our #FactsMatter campaign, news and online journalist Charlotte Green gives some handy tips on how we identify deepfakes.

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10 April 2025

How Covid conspiracy theories in local Facebook groups led me to fact checking

As part of our #FactsMatter campaign, our news and online senior fact checker Sian Bayley shares what inspired her to tackle misinformation

8 April 2025

There’s good information out there too… if you know how to find it!

The truth isn’t always buried deeply. As part of our #FactsMatter campaign, senior journalist Leo Benedictus shares some tips for finding fascinating and surprising information.

8 April 2025

Why #FactsMatter to Full Fact journalist Evie

Meet Evie a journalist on our online team who says that #FactsMatter to her because "without them there would be a void"

7 April 2025

Ian Russell of Molly Rose Foundation on why #FactsMatter

“We’re bombarded by information… It becomes harder to make truly objective decisions. Decisions we have considered based on verifiable facts.”

4 April 2025

From true crime author to fact checking PMQs: Why I became a fact checker

As part of our #FactsMatter campaign, specialist journalist Tony Thompson explains how he came to work at Full Fact, having previously been a crime journalist and author.