> Even if they allow you to download the underlying data, it won't contain any personal identifying information of trial participants that you could verify. Ye

> Even if they allow you to download the underlying data, it won't contain any personal identifying information of trial participants that you could verify. Yes, that's a problem. That's why you need multiple independent authorities to get to a usable level of trustworthiness of information. > Newspapers get people to trust them by being reliable. If you are an expert in any subject newspaper reports on, you should be able to find plenty of evidence that it doesn't report anything how it actually is from your expert opinion. Best case it reports one tiny thing correctly and ignores all other facts important to make an informed opinion.