Editorial policy

Publication

Ordinary sufficiently sourced stories may publish automatically. Only genuinely critical and insufficiently verified stories are held for editor review.

Critical review

Review categories include uncertain mass-casualty events, weapons of mass destruction, head-of-state deaths, coups, major war onset, terrorism attribution, election reversals or fraud, war-crime attribution, rumored exchange insolvency, and direct contradiction about a central claim.

Clear labels

Reporting, analysis, opinion, and explainers are labeled distinctly. Sponsored material will never be presented as editorial reporting.