About The FactualHottest news topics. Most credible stories.We love reading well-written articles ... When you read a well-written article - one that carefully explains the complexities of an issue and has extensive sources to back up its points - you come away feeling like you learned something even if you disagree with parts of the story. But it's increasingly hard to find these high-quality articles amid a sea of generic content - much of which is often poorly researched. So we decided to apply our knowledge of technology gained at Stanford, IIT Madras, and Waterloo to solve this problem close to our hearts - finding the best news in the world.The FactualTF_a23401b8-211c-11ea-ad50-3a280283ea00The Factual TeamWe are a technology company based in San Mateo, CA. We are not affiliated with news organizations. We plan to make money by offering readers news subscriptions. The Factual is primarily a self-funded company with a small investment from Defy.ArjunFounder, CEOAjoyFounder, CTOJournalistsA forthcoming update will reward journalists who are cited most, which typically correlates with those who break stories.AllSidesWhere does your bias data come from? The political bias data come from a combination of sources: * The non-partisan site AllSides * The non-partisan site Media Bias Fact Check ^ [Those] data sources are being replaced by a machine learning algorithm that rates bias based on text patterns.Media Bias Fact CheckFacebookHow does rating work on Facebook and Twitter posts? The extension looks to see if a post in your Facebook or Twitter feed is from a designated news site and, if so, evaluates article credibility. The Factual icon appears on any posts with an article and its colour indicates credibility. A number next to the icon indicates highly-credibile related stories.TwitterHigh-quality news_a23402d0-211c-11ea-ad50-3a280283ea00To find the best news in the world._a2340370-211c-11ea-ad50-3a280283ea00NewsWe believe that high-quality news can spark conversations that enlighten us, bring us together, and improve our communities.QualityConversationsTogethernessCommunityReliabilityHow reliable are the scores on articles? The Factual rates 10,000+ articles a day and gets better each day as it evaluates more sources and authors. Some known issues: * We do not always factor in multimedia links like tweets, videos, and photos, into the sources analysis. * Authors who write for different sites are treated as different authors. * We are unable to identify authors in some news sites. * Non-English sites are not yet rated by The Factual.ImpartialityHow do you select topics? All topic selections on The Factual are made by a computer, with no humans involved. Topics are generated once there are more than 3 stories on the topic in the prior 48 hours... there is no uniformly accepted way to judge bias of a news site. Hence this information is directionally useful rather than exact.VerificationHow come my favourite site or journalist isn't rated highly? Many popular journalists write articles with very few links, or are highly opinionated. This may be because of their writing style, or policies of their publisher/editor. Such articles will rank poorly with The Factual. While this may seem unfair it's incumbent on journalists (and publishers) to link to good sources, and moderate their opinions, particularly in today's climate of distrust in the media. As the American Press Institute says journalism is a discipline of verification. Online, it's easy to quote and link to sources--so journalists who do it often will rightfully score better. The Factual assess this approach and more so you, the reader, can feel confident you're reading highly credible news.TrustHow can I trust you? We do not produce any news ourselves, and are not affiliated with any political group or cause.NonpartisanshipIndependenceThe majority of the company is owned by the founders and the founders are the only board members.TransparencyWe are transparent about our algorithm's scoring model and make changes when we receive valid criticism.ResponsivenessCredibilityCalculate the credibility of articles._a2340438-211c-11ea-ad50-3a280283ea00The Factual automatically calculates the credibility of an article based on four factors [documented as objectives in this StratML rendition] Because the calculation is automated, without human involvement, criteria are consistently applied across articles and sources. Also, since scores are specific to an article and not a publication, scores vary within a publication. For example within the New York Times: Medium vs High scores.SourcesEvaluate the diversity and quality of its sources_a23404ce-211c-11ea-ad50-3a280283ea001Style & ToneEvaluate the factual tone of the article's writing style_a234055a-211c-11ea-ad50-3a280283ea002ExpertiseEvaluate the expertise of the journalist on the topic based on historical focus_a23405fa-211c-11ea-ad50-3a280283ea003ReputationEvaluate the site reputation based on historical scores of every article on the site_a2340690-211c-11ea-ad50-3a280283ea0042019-12-17https://www.thefactual.com/static/about.htmlOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net