Editorial standards

Sourcing

Every numerical claim and direct quote carries a bracketed citation marker that resolves to a source publisher at the bottom of the article.

Confidence threshold

Stories only advance past the fact-checker when confidence reaches 40/100. Stories with confidence below that are killed, not parked.

Sensitive topics

Any story involving minors as victims, leaked private communications, medical advice beyond official guidance, first-person financial predictions, or active investigations is escalated to a human editor before publication.

Style

• AP style by default.
• Only "said" as an attribution verb.
• No corporate euphemisms — "fired" not "let go".
• No click-bait headlines.
• Every article ends with a clearly-labelled analytical closer.