What triggers a correction.
A correction is appropriate when a source was misquoted, misidentified, materially incomplete, superseded, newly authenticated, or when stronger evidence changes the classification of a claim.
What a material correction shows.
- The prior classification or statement.
- The current classification or statement.
- The date of the change.
- The source that caused the change.
- A plain-language explanation of what changed and why.
Changing a finding because the evidence changed is not a credibility failure. Hiding the change would be.
What does not require theatrical correction.
Minor typography, formatting, accessibility, or non-substantive wording changes do not need to be elevated into evidentiary corrections when the factual meaning did not change.
Creator corrections receive credit too.
If a creator, outlet, or publisher corrects a materially false or unsupported claim, that correction becomes part of the provenance record. The historical publication remains documented, but the archive also records that it was fixed.
Current correction log
No public claim findings have been released on the standalone Facts or Fallacies system yet. This correction mechanism was established before the first public claim finding so material changes can be documented from the beginning.