Corrections Policy
Even careful journalism sometimes gets things wrong. When it does, the honest response is to fix it in the open. This Corrections Policy explains how PQR News handles errors — how to tell us about one, what we do when we receive it, and how we mark changes to the published record.
Correcting mistakes promptly is part of being a trustworthy news publication, not an admission that undermines it. Our readers rely on the accuracy of our explainers and analysis, and a clear, visible correction is how we keep that trust when we fall short. This policy puts our ethics commitment to accuracy into practice.
Our commitment to correct errors
We commit to correcting errors of fact promptly once we are aware of them and have confirmed the problem. That applies whether the error is large or small, and whether we caught it ourselves or a reader pointed it out. We do not quietly delete a mistaken piece to make the error disappear; we correct it and, where it matters, we say what changed.
Our aim is a record that stays honest over time. Because we publish evergreen explainers meant to be useful for years, keeping older pieces accurate is as important as getting new ones right on the day.
How to report an error
If you believe you have found a mistake in our reporting, please tell us. Email corrections@pqrnews.com with the article title or link, the specific claim you think is wrong, and — if you have it — a source that supports the correct information. That detail helps us check quickly and act.
We read every message sent to that address. We may need to verify a claim before acting, so a correction is not always instant, but every credible report is taken seriously and looked into.
How we handle a correction
When a possible error reaches us, an editor assesses it against reliable sources, drawing on the same standards described in our fact-checking policy. If we confirm the piece is wrong, we correct it. If the claim turns out to be accurate, or a matter of interpretation rather than fact, we will explain that too.
We distinguish between a genuine factual error, which we correct, and a request to remove accurate reporting simply because someone dislikes it, which we generally decline. Fairness cuts both ways: we will not leave a real mistake standing, and we will not erase something true on demand.
How we mark changes
The way we mark a change depends on its significance. A trivial fix — a typo or a broken link that does not affect meaning — may simply be corrected. A substantive correction that changes a fact, a figure, or the sense of a passage is noted on the article so readers can see that it was updated and, where useful, what was changed.
We do not backdate or disguise significant edits. Being transparent about changes is the whole point of a corrections policy; a fix that hides the fact of the fix would defeat it.
Why this matters
A newsroom that corrects its errors in public is easier to trust than one that pretends it never makes them. Openness about mistakes is a feature of serious journalism, and it keeps the incentive where it belongs — on getting things right, and putting them right when we do not.
If you have a correction, or a question about how we handle them, write to corrections@pqrnews.com. You can also learn more about our standards on our editorial policy page or find out who we are on our about page.