The Intelligence Bulletin is produced by an automated editorial system, and it is not infallible. When we get something wrong, we correct it in the open. Every correction we issue is logged permanently on this page.
What we correct
We correct factual errors: a misstated fact, a misattributed quote, a number reported wrongly, or a translation that changes the meaning of what someone said.
We also correct errors of attribution, which are the likeliest failure mode of a system like ours. If we present an outlet as a country’s own press when it is republishing someone else’s reporting, or credit reporting to the wrong newsroom, that is a correction and not a detail.
A change of emphasis, a new development in a running story, or a disagreement about framing is not a correction. Those are the next bulletin’s work.
How a correction appears
When a published bulletin is corrected, two things happen. The bulletin itself carries a dated correction notice at the foot of the piece, stating what the text said before and what it says now — we do not silently edit a published bulletin. The correction is also logged on this page, newest first, with the date, a link to the bulletin, and the same before and after.
If an error is serious enough that a bulletin should not stand, we withdraw it and say here that we have, and why.
Telling us about an error
Email [email protected] with the headline and the passage you think is wrong. You do not need to prove the error to us — tell us what looks wrong and we will check it against the sources the bulletin was built from.
Every bulletin links to the original reporting it draws on, so any claim can be traced back to the article it came from. That traceability is what makes a correction checkable rather than a matter of trust.
Human oversight
Every run of the editorial system reports on itself: which stories it considered, which it rejected and why, and which checks passed or failed. Those reports are reviewed, and published bulletins are spot-checked against their sources. Accountability rests with a named person rather than with the system — changing what the system does means changing its written charter first, on the record.
The log
No corrections have been issued to date. When they are, they will appear here.
See also our Editorial Standards and How It Works.