Tell us what is wrong
Identify the article and the specific statement, figure or description you believe is inaccurate.
Accountability
Corrections
When Crazy News gets a significant fact wrong, the appropriate response is to correct it clearly, not to quietly make the mistake disappear.
Readers, sources and people mentioned in our reporting are welcome to challenge factual claims. A correction request is reviewed against the reporting and available evidence before a decision is made.
We review the evidence
A request does not automatically prove an article was wrong. We check the underlying reporting and new information.
We correct when necessary
Material factual errors are corrected and, where appropriate, accompanied by a visible explanation of what changed.
Requests
What makes a useful correction request?
The most useful requests identify a precise factual claim rather than simply disagreeing with the tone, conclusion or subject of an article.
Please include as much of the following as you reasonably can:
- the article title
- the article URL
- the exact statement or information you believe is wrong
- what you believe the correct information is
- documents, records or sources that support your position, where available
- contact information if you would like the newsroom to be able to respond
You do not need to prove an entire article wrong to raise a legitimate correction. A single date, quotation, number, identity, location or other factual detail may warrant review.
Review
How we handle a challenge
A correction request does not automatically mean the original article was wrong. The newsroom reviews the disputed passage, the evidence used in the reporting and any relevant information supplied with the request.
Where necessary, we may revisit original documents, data, recordings, interviews or other source material. We may also seek additional evidence before deciding whether a change is justified.
If a significant factual error is confirmed, the article should be corrected. When readers would otherwise struggle to understand what happened, the article should also include a correction note explaining the substance of the change.
Read our editorial standardsDifferent changes
Not every edit is a correction
Correction
A factual claim was wrong
Information presented as fact was materially inaccurate and has been changed.
Clarification
More context was needed
The original statement may have been accurate but unclear or capable of creating a misleading impression.
Update
The story developed
New information became available after publication and was added without correcting an earlier error.
Edit
Presentation changed
Wording, formatting, grammar or presentation changed without altering the underlying factual substance.
Public record
Corrections archive
This archive is reserved for genuine published corrections and significant clarifications. We do not populate it with sample entries.
Current archive
No published corrections are currently listed.
When a correction qualifies for the public archive, it will appear here with the date, article and explanation of the material change.
Accountability
Why corrections matter
Journalism can make mistakes. Hiding them would be another mistake.
No serious newsroom can realistically promise that every published sentence will always be perfect. What a publication can control is how it responds when credible evidence shows that something it reported was wrong.
A visible correction gives readers the updated fact while preserving accountability for the earlier error. It also allows readers to judge how a publication behaves when its own reporting is challenged.
Corrections are therefore not separate from editorial standards. They are one of the ways those standards become measurable.
Editorial standards