Corrections
Last updated: September 29, 2026
When a published brief is materially wrong, the correction is recorded here with the date, severity class, affected URL, the original statement, the corrected statement, the reason, and the source that supports the correction. Briefs are not silently deleted: a retracted brief continues to resolve at its original URL with the retraction notice in place.
Status labels
Every brief has one of five states. Anything after Published is shown on the brief itself with the date it happened, so a reader can always tell that a page has changed since it first appeared.
| Status | What it means | Where it appears |
|---|---|---|
| Published | The brief as first generated. | No notice. |
| Updated | The brief was regenerated after publication and replaced at the same URL. The Intelligence Desk brief can be refreshed once at about 13:00 UTC when the news corpus has moved since the morning run; the Daily Intelligence Report, which has no dated page of its own, is refreshed at the same time. An update is not an error. | A dated “Updated” notice on the brief; for the Daily Intelligence Report, the update time in the Reports view. Not logged below, because nothing was wrong. |
| Corrected | A published brief contained an error. The model's text is left as published and the correction is recorded beside it, so what was said and what replaces it can both be read. | A dated correction notice on the brief giving the original statement, the corrected statement, the reason and the supporting source, plus an entry below for Material and Substantive corrections. |
| Superseded | A later brief replaces this one. | A dated notice on the brief linking to the brief that replaces it. |
| Retracted | The brief, or its central assessment, cannot stand and is withdrawn. | The retraction notice at the original URL (the brief is not deleted) and an entry below. |
Severity classes
| Class | Examples | Where it appears |
|---|---|---|
| Minor | Typo, formatting glitch, misspelled persona name, outlet attribution off by one | Dated correction notice on the brief. Logged here only if reader-facing. |
| Material | A factual claim is wrong, a citation does not support the claim, a quote is misattributed | Dated inline notice on the affected brief plus an entry below. |
| Substantive | A threat-level call, vote prediction, or analytical assessment is wrong in a way that would mislead a reader's decision | Prominent inline retraction on the brief, entry below, and the notice at the front of the brief's own RSS / JSON feed item while that item is still in the feeds (they carry the newest 30 items). |
What an entry records
Each entry in the log below carries these fields. An entry is written only for a correction that was actually issued; the log is never filled with examples.
- Correction date
- When the correction was published, in UTC.
- Severity and status
- Minor, Material or Substantive; Corrected or Retracted.
- Affected brief
- The dated permalink of the brief, for example
/desk/intel/YYYY-MM-DD. - Original statement
- The words as first published.
- Corrected statement
- The words that replace them, or “removed”.
- Reason
- Why the original was wrong and how the error was found.
- Supporting source
- The public source that supports the correction, linked.
Public log
How to issue a correction request
Submit a correction through our contact form with:
- The URL of the affected brief (e.g.
/desk/intel/2026-05-16) - The specific passage you believe is wrong
- The source you would point to instead
- Whether you would like a public acknowledgement that you raised it (we default to no)
We aim to acknowledge correction requests within 48 hours and resolve them within five business days. Substantive corrections receive a prominent inline retraction within 24 hours of confirmation.
Related policies
- Ethics policy — full correction-and-retraction protocol
- Methodology — how a brief is built in the first place
- Track Record — per-day calibration scoreboard (HIT / PARTIAL / MISS / NULL_COVERAGE)
- Fair use & takedowns — DMCA contact