Meet the Team
Real Honest Politics is written by people who read the source document before they read the headline about it. That means pulling the full committee transcript instead of the clipped quote, checking a filed budget instead of a press release describing it, and naming exactly where a number came from so a reader never has to take a claim on faith.
Below is the writer behind our political fact-checking and public-policy coverage, along with the background and approach that shape how she checks a claim before it runs. We list bylines, not anonymous staff writers, because a reader deciding whether to trust a fact-check deserves to know who wrote it and what informs their judgment.
Rebecca Sloan
Rebecca Sloan writes about political claims, elections, legislation, public spending, polling, and government accountability for Real Honest Politics. Her articles begin by separating statements that can be fact-checked from predictions, opinions, values, campaign promises, and rhetorical arguments. When evaluating a factual statement, Rebecca identifies the speaker's exact words, reviews the original context, contacts the speaker or organization for supporting evidence where practical, and consults relevant primary documents.
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