Anonymous results from running Byline Pro's full pipeline against real articles from leading tech, payments, and retail publications.
The article referred to a well-known executive as "CEO" of a major private equity firm. He is actually the Chairman. The current CEO is a different person entirely. This is the kind of error that reads as plausible, which is exactly why it slips through.
An article cited a source as reporting on "Wednesday (March 11)" but the date and day did not align. Small errors in attribution undermine the credibility of the entire piece.
A SaaS publication stated a company acquired a specific startup, but the acquisition target name was wrong. The revenue figure cited could not be independently verified either.
10 of 13 articles had zero factual inaccuracies. Major publications generally maintain strong editorial standards. The errors we found were subtle, the kind that come from speed, not carelessness. A systematic scan catches what a third read-through misses.
All publication names removed. Scored on fact accuracy (50%), link health (25%), readability (15%), and source density (10%).
| Category | Claims | Errors | Links | Broken | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecommerce | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | A- |
| AI / Tech | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | A- |
| Retail | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | A- |
| Payments / Fintech | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | A- |
| Tech News | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | A- |
| Retail | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | A- |
| Payments | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | A- |
| Retail | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | A- |
| AI / ML | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | A- |
| Payments / Fintech | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | B+ |
| Retail / Commerce | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | B |
| SaaS / VC | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | B |
| Payments / Fintech | 7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | C+ |
Every claim extracted and verified against sources
Every URL checked for broken links and redirects
Grade level, sentence length, paragraph structure
Ratio of cited sources to factual claims made
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