The short version
- Every story is credited out loud and linked to the outlet that reported it. That link is the primary source; we are not.
- Before a show airs, an automated editor pass removes any figure, date or quotation that the source summary does not contain.
- When a broadcast is wrong, we correct the show page and say what changed and when. We do not quietly edit and move on.
- Tell us: contact us. Corrections are treated as bugs, not complaints.
What can go wrong
The newsroom is automated: it gathers published stories, summarises each one, picks the most interesting, and writes a two-anchor script from those summaries. Three kinds of error follow from that design, and we treat them differently.
- The source was wrong. We reported what an outlet published. When the outlet corrects itself, we note it on our page and link their correction.
- The summary drifted. The summary of an article overstated or garbled what the article said. That is our mistake, and we correct it.
- The script overreached. A line claimed something the summary did not support. That is the most serious of the three, and the one the checks below exist for.
What is checked before a show airs
These run on every broadcast, automatically, and they are deliberately narrow so that they are trusted rather than ignored:
- Every number and date must come from the source. Any figure in a script line that does not appear in that story’s summary is cut, along with the sentence carrying it, before the show is voiced.
- Quotations must be real. A quoted sentence that does not appear in the source summary is cut the same way.
- Every story must credit its outlet by name, out loud, and link to the original.
- Lines are checked against the audio. Synthesised speech is transcribed back and compared to the script, and a line that does not match is re-synthesised. This is a retry, not a guarantee: when every attempt fails the closest one still airs, and the run records which lines went out unverified.
What these checks do not do is verify that the source itself is right, or catch a claim with no number in it. A human still has to read the show for that.
How a correction is made
- The show page for that date carries a dated correction note saying what was wrong and what is right.
- If the error is in a headline or summary on the news pages, we fix it there and mark it.
- The published audio is not silently re-cut. If a broadcast is wrong enough to need re-voicing, the page says so and the correction stays.
- If we cannot verify a claim either way, we say that too rather than leaving it standing.
Telling us
Write to us through the contact page with the date of the broadcast or the address of the page, and what you believe is wrong. You do not need an account. We aim to answer within a few days, and every story page links the original reporting so you can check us against it.