To fact-check an AI drafted blog article before publishing, follow these steps. List every factual claim and triage each one by risk. Trace each claim to a source you can open, or cut it. Check product details against your own pages, click every link, and then approve, edit, or hold the draft.
You need three things: the draft, your own product and offer pages open in tabs, and about 20 minutes.
The most dangerous draft is the one that reads perfectly. Fluent sentences can carry an AI hallucination, which is a confident but false statement, straight past a busy editor.
That risk applies even to tools you trust. Suppose a BloGoose draft describes a product feature. Before you publish, open the product page and confirm the feature exists exactly as the draft describes it.
This guide gives you a risk triage table, a Source-or-Cut rule, and seven verification passes. Watch Pass 3, because it catches the error most people miss.
Which Claims in an AI Draft Should You Check First?
Check the claims that would embarrass you if they were wrong: numbers, dates, product specs, quotes, and named studies. Fluency is not accuracy, so a smooth sentence earns no trust on its own.
| Claim type | Risk level | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers, dates, product specs, quotes, named studies | Red (high) | Trace each one to an original source you can open, and confirm specs on your own pages |
| How-to steps and instructions | Amber (medium) | Confirm each step matches how the tool or process actually works |
| Clearly labeled opinion | Green (low) | Confirm it reads as opinion, not as a stated fact |
Red/Amber/Green triage sorts every claim in an AI draft by the damage it would cause if it were wrong. Red claims include numbers, dates, product specs, quotes, and named studies, and they get full verification. Amber claims are how-to steps that need a practical check, and green claims are labeled opinions that need only a quick read. The Source-or-Cut rule is the decision you apply to every red claim: trace it to a source you can open, cut it, or rewrite it as clearly labeled opinion, so no unverified fact survives.
- Red checks are best for founders publishing product, pricing, or offer posts.
- Amber checks are best for small teams writing tutorials and workflow guides.
- A green skim is best for owners publishing opinion pieces under their own name.
BloGoose drafts researched articles from what your site already explains, and this triage keeps those drafts publish-ready. For more workflow guides, browse The Verthilix Journal.
How to Fact-Check an AI Drafted Blog Article in 7 Passes
Fact-check an AI drafted blog article in seven passes: inventory the claims, verify numbers and dates, check product details, confirm names and quotes, click links, flag absolute words, and fix stale time references. The full review takes about 20 minutes.
Before you start, open the draft, your product and offer pages, and the comment or highlight tool in your editor.
1. Inventory Every Claim (3 minutes)
Read the draft once and highlight every statement that could be true or false. Skip the prose, transitions, and opinions. You should end up with a marked list of checkable claims, each tagged red, amber, or green.
2. Verify Numbers and Dates (4 minutes)
Trace each figure to the source that first published it, and keep that source's own year. A 2023 survey stays a 2023 survey, even in a 2026 article. When this pass succeeds, every number either has a source you opened or has been removed.
3. Check Product Details Against Your Own Pages (4 minutes)
Compare every feature, plan, and offer description with the live pages on your site, such as the Verthilix product family. Generic checklists skip this pass, yet a wrong fact about your own business does the most damage.
For example, if a draft mentions the Growth Duo, open the offer page and confirm the draft says what the page says. The offer is one PayPal subscription, with separate logins for Vlozy and BloGoose.
Pro tip: Keep your product and offer pages open in tabs as your source of truth. BloGoose reads your site before drafting, so this pass confirms the draft repeated those facts correctly.
4. Confirm Names, Quotes, and Studies (3 minutes)
Search for each quoted person and named study. If you cannot open the source, cut the claim. You should see the exact wording on the source page, not a loose paraphrase.
5. Click Every Link (3 minutes)
Open each link, confirm the page loads, and confirm the page supports the sentence around it. Check internal links too, because a renamed page leaves a broken path. When this pass succeeds, you have no 404 errors and no link that contradicts its anchor text.
6. Search for Implied and Absolute Claims (2 minutes)
Press Ctrl+F (or Cmd+F on a Mac) and search for "only," "always," and "guaranteed." Each of these words implies a claim you must prove. Soften the claim, source it, or cut it.
7. Run a Time Check (1 minute)
Search for "this year," "currently," "recently," and "latest." Replace each phrase with a specific date or remove it, so the article stays accurate after publishing. Then approve, edit, or hold the draft.
Once you finish all seven passes, one question remains: how do you know your fact-check worked?
How Do You Know Your Fact-Check Worked?
Your fact-check worked when every red claim has a source you actually opened or has been cut, and every link has been clicked. A review of an AI drafted blog article is complete only when no statistic, quote, price, or date lacks an opened source, every product fact matches your own live pages, no unsupported absolute like "always" or "guaranteed" remains, and the piece reads as trustworthy to a first-time customer. If any one of those conditions fails, the draft is not done.
- Re-scan the claim inventory. Compare the final draft against your original claim list, because edits often add new claims. Mark each one as sourced or cut.
- Confirm zero unsourced red claims. Search the draft for numbers, names, and quotation marks. Each one needs an opened source or a deletion.
- Match product facts to your pages. Open your pricing and feature pages beside the draft. Readers will hold you to your own site, not to the draft.
- Remove surviving absolutes. Search for "always," "never," and "best." Source each one or soften it.
- Read once as a customer. Read from top to bottom without editing anything. Flag any line that would make a buyer doubt you.
End with one decision: approve, edit, or hold. In the reviewed draft, every red claim had a source, but one plan detail differed from the live offer page. The call was edit: fix that line, repeat check three, then approve.
If drafting is your bottleneck, the Growth Duo subscription includes BloGoose, which drafts researched articles from what your site already explains. The tool drafts, and you still approve what goes live.
Fact-Checking AI Content FAQ
These answers cover who should verify an AI draft, why accuracy matters, how long a review takes, and where AI errors cluster.
Can I ask the AI to fact-check its own draft?
Not reliably. A model asked to verify its own draft tends to repeat the blind spots that produced the errors, so it can end up confirming its own mistakes. Use the AI to list every checkable claim in the draft, and then verify each claim yourself against a source you open.
Does Google require you to fact-check AI content?
This question shows up often in video titles, but your readers are the more useful concern. One wrong statistic or price can make a visitor doubt everything else on your site. Fact-check because customers judge your accuracy, whatever any search policy says.
How long should a fact-check take?
As a rough guide, not measured data, plan on about 20 minutes for a typical post across all seven passes. That works out to roughly three minutes per pass. Drafts heavy with statistics, quotes, or product claims will take longer, so give red claims most of your time.
What does AI get wrong most often?
AI most often gets red-tier claims wrong: specific statistics, named studies, direct quotes, prices, dates, and product details. A model can state these fluently with no real source behind them. That is why you check them first and then either source them or cut them.
Your Name Goes on It, So You Own the Publish Button
An AI draft is only a starting point. You are responsible for the accuracy of what you publish, and a defined finish line is how you prove that accuracy. I'm Roktim Saha, and I build founder-led software in India, so I'll say it plainly: I build the tool, and you own the publish button.
On your next draft, triage the claims and run the seven passes. Then apply Source-or-Cut to every red claim and make one call: approve, edit, or hold.
If you want drafts worth reviewing, start with the Growth Duo subscription. BloGoose drafts researched articles from your site, and Vlozy makes short videos. Both come in one PayPal subscription with separate logins. You still review everything, so every article you publish is one you've checked.