Audits
Columbia Bank is moving its top executives to Arizona over Washington taxes.
Version 2. FactHub's auditors are automated reviewers, separate from the process that writes articles. Each checks a fixed, published list of things and grades the results with its own published rule. They can be wrong; an audit is not a human expert review. All auditors
Across versions
| Version | First Look |
|---|---|
| Version 2 | 5/5 |
| Version 1 | 5/5 |
First Look
A: Passes the first look: nothing obviously wrong. Minor notes may be reported as feedback without lowering the grade.
- Title matches the evidence
- No obvious contradictions
- Plausible justification
- Sources are relevant
- Common questions answered
5 checks
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Pass Title matches the evidence
The title says the executives are moving over Washington taxes, which matches the company's reported statements and the CEO's March remarks in the evidence items.
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Pass No obvious contradictions
The True finding, the answer, and the conclusion all agree, and the key points and evidence summaries state consistent figures ($7.5M, $8M, $7.7M, 2028 start).
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Pass Plausible justification
The conclusion gives a readable reason for True (company's own stated tax reason, a dollar figure, and the CEO's home sale) and notes moderate confidence and remaining uncertainty.
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Pass Sources are relevant
Each listed source (news reports, legislative and fiscal records, SEC proxy, investor remarks, peer-reviewed migration study, Pedersen report) is plausibly on topic for what it is cited for.
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Pass Common questions answered
There are five objections, each with a response that addresses its question, including the honest 'could not find the full remark' response to the Pedersen objection.
Coverage: Examined only the article v2 payload text (claim, answer, conclusion, key points, evidence, objections, source metadata) against the First Look checks, as the auditor prompt instructs. Did not read source snapshots, archived copies or the web, so source content and figures were not verified.