For working journalists
One claim check, free, inside 48 hours. No budget conversation, no invoice, no catch beyond attribution.
Why this is free
Because the atlas needs citations more than it needs your newsroom’s research budget, and because the claims that circulate hardest are precisely the ones worth testing in public. This is a straightforward exchange and it is better to say so than to pretend otherwise.
What you get
The check itself
One contested equation tested: the strongest case for it, the strongest case against, and where the two subjects actually sit on six independent axes with a source behind every score. Roughly 1,500 words, inside 48 hours.
Quotable output
A named, on-record source you can quote, a shareable card carrying the measurement, and the full evidence list so your own desk can check it before you run anything.
What is asked in return
- Attribution as The Political Atlas, with a link, if the work informs what you publish
- The right to note publicly that the outlet has used a claim check, unless you ask otherwise
- Nothing else. There is no embargo, no approval over your copy, and no expectation that you agree with the finding — several claim checks have concluded against the framing that prompted them
Embed a comparison, free
One line of HTML renders any comparison in the atlas: the distance across six axes, which ones carry the disagreement, and a link back to the evidence. Free, including commercially, with the attribution line kept.
Documentary and podcast producers are covered by the same offer. Fact-checking desks working at volume should ask about a standing arrangement rather than submitting one at a time.
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