factual accuracy
Getting facts right
Factual accuracy is the quality of being correct and true to verifiable facts.
The term appears most often in journalism, research, and legal contexts where getting details right matters: The article was pulled due to concerns about factual accuracy.
Distinguished from other kinds of accuracy—you might accurately convey someone's opinion while that opinion itself lacks factual accuracy.
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- double checkingConfirming something a second time
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
- triangulationLocation via three points
- cross-referencingVerifying by consulting elsewhere
journalism ethics · critical thinking · honesty · the whole story · media literacy · data integrity · truthfulness · errata · setting the record straight · peer review · retractions · burden of proof · accountability · evidence-based · due diligence · primary sources · trusted sources · skepticism
- press ethicsjournalistic ethics, journalistic integrity, ethical journalism, editorial standards, ethical standards
- legal defensesself-defense, alibi, affirmative defense, insanity defense, insanity
- retractionscorrection notice
factual accuracyinaccuracy
Lack of precision
falsehood · falsity · error · incorrectness · untruth
factual accuracyopinion
Subjective personal belief
speculation · conjecture · supposition · guesswork · hearsay
factual accuracydisinformation
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
lying · mendacity · deception · propaganda · dishonesty