We aim to get the facts right the first time. When we don't, we say so clearly, fix the record, and don't bury the fact that a change was made.
What counts as a correction
A correction covers factual errors: a wrong name, date, figure, quote, job title, or location, or a misstatement of what someone actually said or did. When a story is still developing and we add genuinely new information rather than fixing something that was wrong, that's an update, not a correction — and it's marked as such, separately.
How corrections are handled
- Minor errors — a misspelled name, a wrong date — are corrected directly in the text, with a short note at the bottom of the article stating what changed and when.
- Significant errors — anything that affects the substance, fairness, or overall impression of a story — are corrected in the text and flagged with a visible notice at the top of the article, explaining plainly what was wrong and what has been fixed.
- Serious errors that can't reasonably be fixed by editing the piece in place lead to the article being taken down and replaced with an explanation of why.
How to flag an error
Email [email protected], or use the "Report a correction" link on the article, with the URL and a description of the issue. A human editor reviews every report — nothing here is auto-dismissed. If we agree an error was made, we fix it and mark it as above; if we don't agree, we'll explain our reasoning back to you rather than simply ignoring the request.
Timeliness
We review correction requests as quickly as we reasonably can, and we don't let the passage of time since original publication be a reason to leave a known error uncorrected.