Hit publish with facts you can back up

THE SHORT ANSWER

The short answer

Review each factual claim against its source before publishing. Check names, numbers, dates, links, and attribution. Keep uncertainty visible, remove unsupported promises, and make a separate pass for voice.

A sentence can sound ready long before the evidence is. Before your name goes on the draft, make the claims earn their place.

Check what the sentence actually promises

Watch words such as “always,” “free,” “automatic,” and “guaranteed.” Each one adds something you need to support.

Here is an illustrative example: a product page says a feature is available on selected plans. A draft calling it “free for everyone” goes beyond that evidence. Fix the wording or remove the claim.

Run the final review

• Check names, dates, numbers, and quotations against the original source.
• Open every cited link. Confirm that it supports the sentence beside it.
• Preserve the conditions, date, and scope of a product claim.
• Keep a person’s reported result attributed to that person.
• Label hypothetical examples and proposed methods clearly.
• Remove a claim you cannot support, or hold the piece while you verify it.

Keep the evidence beside the draft

Save the source title, URL, date checked, and the specific point it supports. Add a note when a source leaves something unresolved. That record gives you a place to start when the article needs an update.

For a claim about time saved, a feature page cannot replace a measured comparison. For a claim about your own experience, another creator’s story cannot replace your record of what happened.

Read for voice after you check the facts

Read the opening aloud. Cut vague setup. Make the next step clear. Keep the qualifications that make the statement accurate.

Use qualified review when the content could affect a reader’s health, legal rights, finances, or security.

Your next move: Pick the strongest promise in your draft. Open its source and check every part of the sentence before you publish.