Organization: Pagella Politica
Applicant: TFCF SRL (VAT 02595010352)
Assessor: Paolo Attivissimo
Conclusion and recommendations
Paolo Attivissimo wrote:
Pagella Politica is compliant as a whole with the principles and can be accepted.
Paolo Attivissimo recommended Accept
Section 1: Organization
Criterion 1a
Proof of registration
Evidence required: Please provide evidence that the signatory is a legally-registered organization set up exclusively for the purpose of fact-checking or the distinct fact-checking project of a recognized media house or research institution.
Pagella Politica
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Pagella Politica is registered as a limited liability company (società a responsabilità limitata semplificata) that performs fact-checking, debunking, training, and consulting. Evidence of legal registration is in the attached statement (visura) from the Chamber of Commerce of Reggio Emilia.
Paolo Attivissimo Assessor
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Pagella Politica is registered as a limited liability company (società a responsabilità limitata semplificata) that performs fact-checking, debunking, training, and consulting. Evidence of legal registration is in the attached statement (visura) from the Chamber of Commerce of Reggio Emilia.
done_all 1a marked as Fully compliant by Paolo Attivissimo.
Criterion 1b
Archive
Evidence required: Insert a link to the archive of fact checks published in the previous three months. If you do not collect all fact checks in one place, please explain how the fact-checking is conducted by your organization.
Pagella Politica
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Pagella Politica has produced well over an average of one report per week over the past three weeks of 2018 (May 16-June 6) and over the past three months of 2018 (March 6-June 6). Specifically, it has produced 3 fact-checks plus 16 debunkings over the past three weeks (average over 6 per week) and 22 fact-checks plus 68 debunkings over the past three months (average 30 per month). It also cooperates with national newswire AGI (link), with national broadcaster RAI (link) and with Facebook on hoax debunking (link, as described here).
Fact-checks:
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8057/grimoldi-sbaglia-sui-nigeriani-da-rimpatriare (May 24)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8053/quante-sono-le-madri-single-in-italia (May 8)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8049/tagliati-30-miliardi-alla-sanita (April 26)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8047/zaia-ha-ragione-sui-record-nella-produzione-di-vino (April 19)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8046/bonafede-esagera-il-successo-del-m5s (April 16)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8026/calenda-esagera-il-peso-dellexport-sulla-crescita (March 23)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8025/quanto-diamo-e-quanto-riceviamo-dalla-ue (March 16)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8024/di-maio-esagera-il-risultato-del-movimento-5-stelle (March 14)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8020/berlusconi-e-la-disoccupazione-al-sud (March 8)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8021/il-riso-di-zaia (March 8)
Debunkings:
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/93/maria-de-filippi-e-maurizio-costanzo-non-hanno-divorziato (June 4)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/92/no-roberto-benigni-non-%C3%A8-morto (June 1)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/88/la-falsa-notizia-della-morte-di-nadia-toffa (May 28)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/87/larticolo-sulla-strage-di-italiani-%C3%A8-del-2015 (May 25)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/86/africano-stupra-per-5-ore-una-19enne-una-notizia-del-2009 (May 25)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/79/divieto-di-fumare-in-auto-proposto-nel-2015-mai-approvato (May 16 - end of three-week period)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/78/saviano-condannato-per-plagio-s%C3%AC-ma-tre-anni-fa (May 15)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/76/non-c%C3%A8-nessun-tunnel-che-unisce-calabria-e-sicilia (May 11)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/73/no-inter-juve-non-si-rigiocher%C3%A0-il-14-giugno (May 8)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/72/no-il-tg1-non-ha-ammesso-lesistenza-delle-scie-chimiche (May 7)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/67/la-notizia-falsa-della-morte-di-giorgio-napolitano (April 27)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/63/no-matteo-messina-denaro-non-%C3%A8-stato-arrestato (April 23)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/53/una-fantasiosa-vicenda-di-prostituzione (April 9)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/45/no-fabio-fazio-non-%C3%A8-indagato (March 31)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/32/la-notizia-inventata-della-donna-che-partorisce-a-96-anni (March 13)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/29/la-sinistra-e-la-frase-sui-ladri-una-battuta-non-capita (March 8)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/28/mario-monti-indagato-una-vecchia-notizia-incompleta (March 7)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/27/no-non-sono-state-rubate-foto-di-ilary-blasi-nuda (March 6)
Paolo Attivissimo Assessor
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Pagella Politica has produced well over an average of one report per week over the past three weeks of 2018 (May 16-June 6) and over the past three months of 2018 (March 6-June 6). Specifically, it has produced 3 fact-checks plus 16 debunkings over the past three weeks (average over 6 per week) and 22 fact-checks plus 68 debunkings over the past three months (average 30 per month). It also cooperates with national newswire AGI (link), with national broadcaster RAI (link) and with Facebook on hoax debunking (link, as described here).
Fact-checks:
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8057/grimoldi-sbaglia-sui-nigeriani-da-rimpatriare (May 24)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8053/quante-sono-le-madri-single-in-italia (May 8)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8049/tagliati-30-miliardi-alla-sanita (April 26)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8047/zaia-ha-ragione-sui-record-nella-produzione-di-vino (April 19)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8046/bonafede-esagera-il-successo-del-m5s (April 16)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8026/calenda-esagera-il-peso-dellexport-sulla-crescita (March 23)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8025/quanto-diamo-e-quanto-riceviamo-dalla-ue (March 16)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8024/di-maio-esagera-il-risultato-del-movimento-5-stelle (March 14)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8020/berlusconi-e-la-disoccupazione-al-sud (March 8)
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazionii/8021/il-riso-di-zaia (March 8)
Debunkings:
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/93/maria-de-filippi-e-maurizio-costanzo-non-hanno-divorziato (June 4)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/92/no-roberto-benigni-non-%C3%A8-morto (June 1)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/88/la-falsa-notizia-della-morte-di-nadia-toffa (May 28)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/87/larticolo-sulla-strage-di-italiani-%C3%A8-del-2015 (May 25)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/86/africano-stupra-per-5-ore-una-19enne-una-notizia-del-2009 (May 25)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/79/divieto-di-fumare-in-auto-proposto-nel-2015-mai-approvato (May 16 - end of three-week period)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/78/saviano-condannato-per-plagio-s%C3%AC-ma-tre-anni-fa (May 15)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/76/non-c%C3%A8-nessun-tunnel-che-unisce-calabria-e-sicilia (May 11)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/73/no-inter-juve-non-si-rigiocher%C3%A0-il-14-giugno (May 8)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/72/no-il-tg1-non-ha-ammesso-lesistenza-delle-scie-chimiche (May 7)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/67/la-notizia-falsa-della-morte-di-giorgio-napolitano (April 27)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/63/no-matteo-messina-denaro-non-%C3%A8-stato-arrestato (April 23)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/53/una-fantasiosa-vicenda-di-prostituzione (April 9)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/45/no-fabio-fazio-non-%C3%A8-indagato (March 31)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/32/la-notizia-inventata-della-donna-che-partorisce-a-96-anni (March 13)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/29/la-sinistra-e-la-frase-sui-ladri-una-battuta-non-capita (March 8)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/28/mario-monti-indagato-una-vecchia-notizia-incompleta (March 7)
https://pagellapolitica.it/bufale/show/27/no-non-sono-state-rubate-foto-di-ilary-blasi-nuda (March 6)
done_all 1b marked as Fully compliant by Paolo Attivissimo.
Section 2: Nonpartisanship and Fairness
Criterion 2a
Body of work sample
Evidence required: Please share links to ten fact checks that better represent the scope and consistency of your fact-checking. Provide a short explanation of how your organization strives to maintain coherent standards across fact checks.
Pagella Politica
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
The Signatory provided the following list of fact-checks:
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazioni/8053/quante-sono-le-madri-single-in-italia
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazioni/8046/bonafede-esagera-il-successo-del-m5s
https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/tagli_ue_italia_salvini-3853977/news/2018-05-05/
https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/fassina_pil_disoccupazione-3848813/news/2018-05-04/
https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/cottarelli_evasione_iva_dimartedi-3843734/news/2018-05-03/
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazioni/8049/tagliati-30-miliardi-alla-sanita
https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/jobs_act_renzi_zaia_tasse_sulle_imprese-3834665/news/2018-05-01/
This list and a review of the signatory’s fact-checks over the last three months show a wide variety of subjects and speakers and no undue focus on one side of a topic or on a person or political movement.
The Signatory provided the following description of its process:
“Our fact-checking process start with a daily selection of the relevant political claims. To ensure nonpartisanship and fairness, the selection is based on a various and ample range of political TV shows, which ensure a certain variety of political representation, and on a wide selection of social networks accounts; moreover, newspapers and newswire agency are also scanned. The selection so obtained represents every day a great variety of political positions. The claims to be checked are then chosen autonomously by AGI’s newsroom, for AGI’s fact-checking section, following mainly the hotter topics in the political debate, and without any relevant attention on who said the claim. For our website, the claims are chosen also autonomously by a pool of ten contributors. In no stage of the process the source of the claim has any relevant role. We apply the same standard of thorough research and peer-review to every article we publish.”
Paolo Attivissimo Assessor
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
The Signatory provided the following list of fact-checks:
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazioni/8053/quante-sono-le-madri-single-in-italia
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazioni/8046/bonafede-esagera-il-successo-del-m5s
https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/tagli_ue_italia_salvini-3853977/news/2018-05-05/
https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/fassina_pil_disoccupazione-3848813/news/2018-05-04/
https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/cottarelli_evasione_iva_dimartedi-3843734/news/2018-05-03/
https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazioni/8049/tagliati-30-miliardi-alla-sanita
https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/jobs_act_renzi_zaia_tasse_sulle_imprese-3834665/news/2018-05-01/
This list and a review of the signatory’s fact-checks over the last three months show a wide variety of subjects and speakers and no undue focus on one side of a topic or on a person or political movement.
The Signatory provided the following description of its process:
“Our fact-checking process start with a daily selection of the relevant political claims. To ensure nonpartisanship and fairness, the selection is based on a various and ample range of political TV shows, which ensure a certain variety of political representation, and on a wide selection of social networks accounts; moreover, newspapers and newswire agency are also scanned. The selection so obtained represents every day a great variety of political positions. The claims to be checked are then chosen autonomously by AGI’s newsroom, for AGI’s fact-checking section, following mainly the hotter topics in the political debate, and without any relevant attention on who said the claim. For our website, the claims are chosen also autonomously by a pool of ten contributors. In no stage of the process the source of the claim has any relevant role. We apply the same standard of thorough research and peer-review to every article we publish.”
done_all 2a marked as Fully compliant by Paolo Attivissimo.
Criterion 2b
Nonpartisanship policy
Evidence required: Please share evidence of your policy preventing staff from direct involvement in political parties and advocacy organizations. Please also indicate the policy your organization has as a whole regarding advocacy and supporting political candidates.
Pagella Politica
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
None of the founders and staffers are part of any political party or organisation. It is a requirement during the selection process of new fact-checkers. All of this is publicly stated on our website: https://pagellapolitica.it/progetto/index
Paolo Attivissimo Assessor
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
The evidence submitted fully meets the IFCN criteria.
done_all 2b marked as Fully compliant by Paolo Attivissimo.
Section 3: Transparency of Sources
Criterion 3a
Sources Policy
Please share a brief and public explanation (500 words max) of how sources are provided in enough detail that readers could replicate the fact check. If you have a public policy on how you find and use sources for your fact-checking, it should be shared here.
Pagella Politica
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Our philosophy is to provide the reader with all the elements in order to recreate the fact-check by him/herself, and to reach different conclusion if so wishes. Every number or fact is stated in one of our analyses, a direct link is provided, and/or the path to be made into the websites if a direct link is not possible. As a policy, Pagella Politica uses direct sources and primary data bases. This process is explained here: https://pagellapolitica.it/progetto/index
Paolo Attivissimo Assessor
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
The Signatory provided a concise policy on sources:
done_all 3a marked as Fully compliant by Paolo Attivissimo.
Section 4: Transparency of Funding & Organization
Criterion 4a
Funding Sources
Evidence required: Please link to the section where you publicly list your sources of funding (including, if they exist, any rules around which types of funding you do or don't accept), or a statement on ownership if you are the branch of an established media organization or research institution.
Pagella Politica
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Our website explains the financial start-up of the project and the identity of its stakeholders (https://pagellapolitica.it/progetto/index) and also all past and current clients (https://pagellapolitica.it/servizi/index)
Paolo Attivissimo Assessor
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
The Signatory states that “Our website explains the financial start-up of the project and the identity of its stakeholders (https://pagellapolitica.it/progetto/index) and also all past and current clients (https://pagellapolitica.it/servizi/index)”. Funding is described in detail and an overview of spending is provided.
done_all 4a marked as Fully compliant by Paolo Attivissimo.
Criterion 4b
Staff
Evidence required: Please link to the section detailing all authors and key actors behind your fact-checking project with their biographies. You can also list the name and bios of the members of the editorial board, pool of experts, advisory board, etc. if your organization has those.
Pagella Politica
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Paolo Attivissimo Assessor
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Authors and key actors are clearly listed, with their bios, at https://pagellapolitica.it/static/chisiamo. One of the founders and former directors of Pagella Politica, Alexios Mantzarlis, is the Director of IFCN. This is stated publicly at https://pagellapolitica.it/static/chisiamo and https://www.poynter.org/about-the-international-fact-checking-network/. Mr Mantzarlis’ bio at https://pagellapolitica.it/static/chisiamo includes a link to a statement on conflict of interest, which states that Mr Mantzarlis “remains a founding member ("socio") of Pagella Politica with an informal advisory role, but with no executive or paid position. The company does not distribute dividends and is run by another founder, Daniele De Bernardin, who has the role of "amministratore unico" and therefore has complete control over budgetary and administrative decisions.“
done_all 4b marked as Fully compliant by Paolo Attivissimo.
Criterion 4c
Contact
Evidence required: Please link to the section where readers can get in touch with the organization.
Pagella Politica
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Paolo Attivissimo Assessor
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
The evidence provided is fully compliant.
done_all 4c marked as Fully compliant by Paolo Attivissimo.
Section 5: Transparency of Methodology
Criterion 5a
Detailed Methodology
Evidence required: Please link to a section or article detailing the steps you follow for your fact-checking work.
Pagella Politica
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Paolo Attivissimo Assessor
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
https://pagellapolitica.it/progetto/index describes in detail its methodology and the criteria for selecting a claim to fact-check. It also provides a method for reporting errors: reports are to be posted in the comments section of the fact-check to which they refer. https://pagellapolitica.it/metodologia provides details of the rating criteria and a disclaimer regarding the statistics for each politician who has been fact-checked.
done_all 5a marked as Fully compliant by Paolo Attivissimo.
Criterion 5b
Claim submissions
Evidence required: Please link to the page or process through which readers can submit claims to fact-check. If you do not allow this, please briefly explain why.
Pagella Politica
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Paolo Attivissimo Assessor
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Readers can submit claims at https://pagellapolitica.it/dichiarazioni/submit. This link is clearly indicated in the home page of the site and the form to which it links provides clear and detailed instructions on the content to include in a claim to be submitted. https://pagellapolitica.it/progetto/index clarifies which claims can be fact-checked.
done_all 5b marked as Fully compliant by Paolo Attivissimo.
Section 6: Open & Honest Corrections Policy
Criterion 6a
Corrections policy
Evidence required: Please link to the page with your policy to address corrections. If it is not public, please share your organization's handbook.
Pagella Politica
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Paolo Attivissimo Assessor
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
A public corrections policy is available at https://pagellapolitica.it/blog/show/50/quando-i-fact-checker-sbagliano. All corrections are listed at the same URL.
done_all 6a marked as Fully compliant by Paolo Attivissimo.
Criterion 6b
Examples of corrections
Evidence required: Please provide two examples of a correction made, or correction requests handled, in the past year.
Pagella Politica
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Recently, AGI’s staff and us published an answer to a correction requested by a political movement (https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/rouseeau_fondi_parlamentari_m5s_casaleggio-3690856/news/2018-03-28/); and in the same section we corrected a mistake stemming from an incorrect transcription by a newspaper: https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/siamo_sicuri_che_fratelli_d_italia_sia_il_partito_pi_cresciuto_in_queste_elezioni_-3597148/news/2018-03-06/
Regarding our website’s analyses, all of our corrections (with detailed explanation) are listed here - https://pagellapolitica.it/blog/show/50/quando-i-fact-checker-sbagliano
Paolo Attivissimo Assessor
16-Aug-2018 (6 years ago) Updated: 6 years ago
Two examples of corrections made recently:
https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/rouseeau_fondi_parlamentari_m5s_casaleggio-3690856/news/2018-03-28/