Every newsroom gets things wrong. What matters is how quickly we find out, how openly we fix it and whether you can see what changed. This page sets out how that works; the short version is in our editorial standards.
1. How to report an error
Write to editorial@oppositioner.com or use our contact page. Please include:
- The link to the article.
- The sentence, name, date or figure you think is wrong.
- What you believe is correct, and a source for it if you have one.
You do not need to be a subscriber or an expert. Reports about an article in any edition go to the same address.
2. Correction, clarification or update
Not every change is a correction. We use three terms, and we use them the same way in every edition:
- Correction fixes a statement of fact that was wrong: a name, date, figure, quote or attribution. It gets a dated note.
- Clarification makes a passage that was accurate but could mislead easier to understand. It also gets a dated note, which says what was unclear.
- Update adds new developments to a story that was right when it was published. The text says what is new, and the byline shows the time of the latest update.
Spelling and formatting fixes that change no fact are made without a note.
3. What happens after you write to us
We check every report against the sources the article relies on and, where needed, against newer or primary sources.
- If the error is confirmed, we fix the article and add the note. Errors that change what a story means, that concern a named person or that involve a figure others are likely to repeat come first.
- If the report is mistaken and the article matches its sources, we leave the text as it is. Where the passage was easy to misread, we may clarify it.
- If we cannot yet tell, the article keeps the claim attributed to whoever made it, and we say what is still unverified.
A confirmed factual error is corrected as soon as it has been verified; we do not wait for a scheduled batch.
4. What a correction note looks like
A correction is added at the end of the article as a dated note explaining what changed. Corrections that change the meaning of a story are highlighted so they cannot be missed. When the text of an article changes more than ten minutes after publication, the byline shows the time of the latest update.
- No silent edits: if a fact changes, the note says so.
- A published correction note stays on the article.
5. Where corrections appear
The article page is the reference copy. Anything that links to the article leads to the corrected text and the note. Articles drafted with AI assistance follow the same rules as every other article; see our AI policy.
6. Complaints about a correction
If you think we handled a report badly, or you want to raise a conflict of interest, write to editorial@oppositioner.com. The full rules are in our editorial standards.