{"id":2885,"date":"2025-02-08T15:44:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T12:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/?page_id=2885"},"modified":"2025-02-08T17:00:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T14:00:56","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/2885-2\/","title":{"rendered":"","raw":""},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_ru_post_content":"","_ru_post_name":"2885-2","_ru_post_excerpt":"","_ru_post_title":"Our commitment to Independence & Impartiality","_eng_post_content":"Last update: 01 September 2024\n\nWhy This Matters We believe that trustworthy fact-checking starts with complete independence and impartiality. This policy lays out how we maintain these core values in our daily work and decision-making.\n\n<b>Who Needs to Follow This<\/b><b>\n<\/b>Everyone who works with us - whether you're a full-time employee, contractor, board member, or partner - needs to understand and follow these guidelines when involved in fact-checking or making editorial decisions.\n\n<b>Our Core Beliefs Trust is everything in our line of work. That's why we:<\/b>\n<ul>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Make decisions based on facts alone, not outside pressure or influence<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Check facts with the same rigor regardless of who or what we're examining<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Are open about our methods, sources, and funding<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Stay out of political endorsements in our professional roles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<b>Protecting Our Independence Money matters shouldn't influence truth. Here's how we maintain our independence:<\/b>\n<ul>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">We accept funding with no strings attached - donors can't influence our content<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Our team must tell us about any personal, financial, or political connections that might affect their work<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">We keep a strict separation between our funders and our editorial decisions<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">We bring in outside experts regularly to review our work and independence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<b>Staying Impartial Being fair isn't just a goal - it's how we work every day:<\/b>\n<ul>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">We always check multiple reliable sources before reaching conclusions<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Nothing gets published without careful review from our peers<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">We reach out to people we're fact-checking to get their side of the story<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">When we make mistakes (we're human!), we fix them quickly and openly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<b>When Things Go Wrong We take violations of these principles seriously:<\/b>\n<ul>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Breaking these guidelines can lead to disciplinary action<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Showing bias in reporting might mean reassignment or dismissal<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">An independent ethics committee reviews any complaints about bias or conflicts<\/li>\n<\/ul>","_eng_post_name":"policy_independence_impartiality","_eng_post_excerpt":"","_eng_post_title":"Our commitment to Independence & Impartiality ","_bel_post_content":"","_bel_post_name":"","_bel_post_excerpt":"","_bel_post_title":"","_lt_post_content":"","_lt_post_name":"","_lt_post_excerpt":"","_lt_post_title":"","edit_language":"bel","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2885"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2902,"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2885\/revisions\/2902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}