Investing in fact-checking at Reader's Digest (Canada)

The editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest Canada, Robert Goyette uses his editor's letter in the May issue of the magazine [ not online] to inform his readers just how much hard work goes into fact checking every issue. In a time when many magazines are skimping on this vital function, RD invests in having five full time staff working on every issue. 

"In this issue, for example, they checked approximately 9,000 facts, consulting 458 sources (including experts and people quoted) and corrected 312 factual errors," [he said].