factual error
Inaccuracy in reporting
A factual error is a mistake about what is actually true—a claim that contradicts reality or established fact.
Distinguished from matters of opinion or interpretation, factual errors can be verified as wrong: The article contained several factual errors about the timeline.
Also called an error of fact.
- inaccuracyLack of precision
- imprecisionLack of exactness
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- honest mistakeUnintended error without deception
- memory slipBrief failure to recall
correction · debunked · misinterpretation · retraction · typo · oversight · misinformation · false claims · fake news · bad information · misstatement · erratum · setting the record straight · misattribution · omission · logical fallacies · cognitive bias · whopper
- errorsmistake, blunder, blunders, fault, flaw
- Student Mistakestypo, misspelling, wrong answer, careless mistake, spelling mistake
- media errorstypo, misquote, misspelling, correction, retraction
- movie mistakesblooper, flub, gaffe, plot hole, wardrobe malfunction
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, errors, blunder
- inconsistenciesinconsistency, discrepancy, contradiction, mismatch, disparity
type of mistake
factual errormatter of opinion
value judgment · subjective interpretation · opinion · aesthetic judgment · stylistic choice