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Is This Real?

Paste the claim or a link, answer a few questions about what you found, and get a careful assessment: what supports it, what conflicts with it, the warning signs and what you could not verify.

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About this tool & how to use it

What it does

Reads a link and a claim for warning signs and turns the checks you report into one careful assessment with what supports it, what conflicts and what could not be verified. It does not open the page or search the web.

How to use it

  1. Choose what you are checking and paste the headline or main claim. Add the link if there is one.
  2. Answer the questions about what you found: who published it, whether separate outlets report it, any fact check, the original, the date and any contradictions. Leave "I have not checked" for what you have not done.
  3. Read the assessment, the warning signs and the list of what could not be verified.

One click answer

Answer the questions and your assessment will appear here.

Everything is read in your browser: what you type or choose is never sent anywhere, stored or shared, and no link is opened. This is an organized summary of what you report, not a verdict, and it cannot tell you for certain whether something is true.

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Assumptions

  • This tool does not open the link, search the web, or look at a photo, video or audio, and it has no way to detect AI-made media. It only organizes what you report.
  • A photo can be genuine and the caption false, or the other way around. The media, the claim and the context are three separate questions.
  • It never says something is "real" or "fake" and never gives a percentage.

Printed from oneclickanswers.com. Results are estimates based on what was entered; see the assumptions above.

How it works

The link and the wording are read for warning signs: a shortened or look-alike address, a private token, shouting, pressure to share, unnamed experts and quotes with no speaker. These are clues, not proof.

Your answers count as support, conflict or "not checked". The assessment is one of six: strong evidence supports it, some supporting evidence, mixed or disputed, questionable (verify before sharing), strong evidence contradicts it, or not enough information.

Copies of one article count as one source. A fact check that is missing is not proof either way. "Not checked" lowers how much can be said and is never counted for or against.

Assumptions

  • This tool does not open the link, search the web, or look at a photo, video or audio, and it has no way to detect AI-made media. It only organizes what you report.
  • A photo can be genuine and the caption false, or the other way around. The media, the claim and the context are three separate questions.
  • It never says something is "real" or "fake" and never gives a percentage.

Example

Input: The claim "A new study shows 90% of people are cured", with every question left on "I have not checked"

Result: Not enough information. This is an organized summary of the checks you reported and 3 warning signs in the wording or link, not a verdict.

Questions

Can this tell me if a news story is true?

No tool can do that from a headline. It shows how much of the checking you have done and what the evidence you found points to, and it says what is still unverified.

What if I found no fact check?

That tells you little. A new or small story may not have been checked yet. Look for the original source and for several outlets that did their own reporting.

Should I share it if the result is "some supporting evidence"?

Finish the missing checks first, or say clearly that it is unconfirmed.

Last reviewed 2026-10-07. Report an incorrect result

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