Editorial standard
How we work.
This is the published doctrine. It exists so you can hold us to it.
The promise
We report from the primary record. We tell you where every claim comes from. We correct ourselves in public when we get it wrong.
The anti-promise
We will never trade in fear to keep you watching. We will never flatter a tribe. We will never treat a contested claim as settled because it is convenient.
The convergence rule
A story does not run on a single source. It runs when independent, credible sources converge on the same underlying record — or when a primary document speaks for itself. One outlet's assertion is a lead, not a story.
The editorial review
Before a piece is published, it passes a second editorial review that flags loaded language, establishment euphemisms, and one-sided framing — including our own. We don't trust our own first draft. When that review finds something, we tell you on the piece itself.
Corrections
When we are wrong, we say so on the record — what was wrong, what is now correct, and when it changed. A correction is not an embarrassment. It is the cost of being trusted.
The work continues.