Readers should be able to see what a piece is standing on.
This page describes the default source and correction rules for the publication. Individual contributors can write differently, but factual claims should remain traceable.
Primary records first
Court filings, government releases, original correspondence, public records, transcripts, direct interviews and first-party data are preferred when they exist. Screenshots should keep enough context to identify what they are.
Label the form
Reporting, essays, commentary, testimony, art and archival notes should not be presented as if they were the same thing. The label tells the reader what evidentiary standard to expect.
Contested claims
When a legal or political characterization is contested, the piece should identify the source making the determination and the material opposing position when it is relevant. That does not require pretending all evidence carries equal weight.
No invented certainty
Documents can establish what was written, sent, received, filed or recorded. They do not automatically establish motive, agreement or causation. Those distinctions stay visible.
Opening archive
The first article includes three documentary exhibits cropped directly from DOJ file EFTA02521723 and a local copy of the complete source PDF.