GiveWell's true money moved in 2016 may be somewhat higher than recorded, since some donors giving directly to recommended charities may have been influenced by its research without reporting it.
Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
Reasoning
It is speculation about unreported donor influence that no public record could settle.
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GiveWell, “GiveWell's true money moved in 2016 may be somewhat higher than recorded, since some donors giving directly to recommended charities may have been influenced by its research without reporting it.” (said 2018). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_e7594b53db7e, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_e7594b53db7e
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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