{"id":44,"date":"2026-11-08T16:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T16:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shadowdossier.com\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-11-08T16:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T16:04:51","slug":"editorial-standards-corrections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shadowdossier.com\/?page_id=44","title":{"rendered":"Editorial Standards &#038; Corrections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These standards guide the preparation and maintenance of Shadow Dossier coverage. They are editorial commitments, not a claim of a particular staffing structure or a past record of investigations.<\/p>\n<h2>Sourcing and verification<\/h2>\n<p>Identify the sources supporting a story. Prefer original documents, official records and direct statements where available. Attribute information obtained from other reporting and distinguish independent verification from an attributed account. Do not turn a single-source allegation, social-media reaction or prediction into an established fact.<\/p>\n<h2>Reporting, analysis and opinion<\/h2>\n<p>Label summaries and recaps. Distinguish factual reporting from analysis and opinion. Preserve the context and dates of older reporting; a recap published later must not imply that a dated development happened today.<\/p>\n<h2>Accuracy and fair presentation<\/h2>\n<p>Headlines should reflect the article and the evidence. Explain material uncertainty, avoid unsupported conclusions and fairly represent the substance of a person&#8217;s position. Do not invent quotations, sources, staff identities or documentary evidence.<\/p>\n<h2>Images and reuse<\/h2>\n<p>Use images with an appropriate reuse basis, retain source and rights information, and identify archival or illustrative material. A file photograph must not be presented as an image of a different event. Clearly identify generated illustrative imagery if it is used.<\/p>\n<h2>Corrections and updates<\/h2>\n<p>When a material error is confirmed, correct the affected text and add an explanatory correction note identifying what changed. Distinguish a correction from a later factual update. Minor spelling or formatting fixes need not be presented as substantive corrections. Retain original reporting dates when adding an update.<\/p>\n<p>A dedicated public corrections contact route has not yet been published. This preview does not currently accept reader submissions through a public site form. Contact arrangements will be added only after a working channel is confirmed.<\/p>\n<h2>Editorial independence and commercial material<\/h2>\n<p>Commercial content, if introduced, should be clearly labeled and distinguishable from editorial coverage. Affiliate links, if introduced, should be disclosed near the relevant links. Payment must not be presented as independent evidence or used to disguise an advertisement as reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These standards guide the preparation and maintenance of Shadow Dossier coverage. They are editorial commitments, not a claim of a particular staffing structure or a past record of investigations. Sourcing and verification Identify the sources supporting a story. Prefer original documents, official records and direct statements where available. Attribute information obtained from other reporting and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadowdossier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadowdossier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadowdossier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadowdossier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shadowdossier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadowdossier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}