Accountability
Corrections
Getting something wrong is not the failure. Leaving it wrong, or fixing it quietly so no one can tell it was ever different, is.
What gets a correction
A correction is issued when a published piece stated something that was not true: a wrong name, date, number, quote, attribution, or a claim the sourcing did not support. The correction is added to the article, dated, and says what the piece previously said. The original wording is described rather than deleted, so a reader who saw the first version can tell what changed.
What gets an update instead
An update is added when the piece was accurate when published and events have since moved: a vote passed, a figure was revised, an official responded. Updates are dated and appended. They are not corrections, and we do not use one word for the other.
What we fix silently
Typography, spelling, a broken link, or a formatting fault that does not change meaning. Nothing that alters what the piece asserts.
Timing
We aim to act on a reported error the same day we can verify it. Where verification takes longer, the article carries a note saying a claim in it is under review — a reader deserves to know that before we finish, not after.
Withdrawals
A piece is withdrawn only when its central claim cannot be supported and cannot be repaired by a correction. The URL stays live and carries an explanation of why the piece was withdrawn. We do not delete pages to make an error disappear from the record.
Published corrections
No corrections have been issued to date. When they are, they will be listed here in date order and linked from the article they belong to.
For how we label and source work in the first place, see editorial standards.