Fact Check Policy - Written by PROs

Our topics vary depending on requests from customers, seasonable discussions in different industry related forums, new products, like equipment, tools, chemicals, technics, cleaning and auto industries.

When selecting a topic, product, technic or guide to write about, we seek PRO with real experience in the topic and devote equal amount of time to check claims from users of products, service centers and manufactories.
Our sources include:
‍Real experience with product. We make several tests of each product in our lab or partner lab.
‍Forum discussion about technic. Our authors are part of PRO communities for related topics and discuss within network about most efficient way to archive goal solving topic discussed.
‍Campaign and official websites. We monitor official websites of manufactories to provide tech specs published by them.
‍Rating and Reviews from marketplaces and social networks. We check aggregated reviews for each product featured in our ratings and use people's opinion on each product we write about

We systematically go through experts of industry opinions about each technic or products we are writing about. Once we find what we suspect may be inaccurate or misleading, we will engage – or attempt to engage – with the expert or organization that is being fact-checked.
The burden is on the person or organization making the claim to provide the evidence to support it.
If the supporting material does not support the claim or if no evidence is provided, then we will conduct research of our own.
We also rely on a few respected and trustworthy outside experts, such as the International Detailing Association (IDA) , International Car Wash Association (ICA), International Cleaning  Association (ISSA), Air Conditioning Constractors of America (ACCA) and etc.
We also interview experts on other topics as needed – for instance, in researching issues on Covid and Health, we contact experts in those areas.
When quoting experts, we disclose relevant biographical information, such as their previous work in government or campaigns — if applicable.
Our goal is to use the best evidence.

After an article, story or guide is written, it goes through several layers of editing and review:
‍Line editing. A line editor reviews the article and guide for content. Is a solution missing? Is the writing clear? Is the word and technics choice accurate?
‍Copy editing. A copy editor reviews the article for proper style and grammar.
‍Fact-checking. A fact-checker goes through the article line by line, word by word, image by image to make sure that every fact is correct and every advise we give and conclusion we draw based on the evidence is accurate.
All of our articles contain hyperlinks to source material, so that readers can check our facts.
By the time we publish, the article will have been reviewed in most cases by three people who were not involved in the writing and the reporting of that story.

If any new information comes to light after we publish an article that materially changes that article, we will clarify, correct or update our story and provide a note to readers that explains the change, why it was made and the date it was made.
Readers can contact us at leo@fortador-usa.com to request a correction or clarification.