How we source

Research rights are not media rights. Finding a document does not license its pictures. A citation is a pointer, not a verdict.

Investigations on this site distinguish four kinds of material:

• Documented — supported by a real, checkable record.
• Claimed — attributed to a source, presented as what is said rather than what is proven.
• Disputed — challenged by other evidence or later reporting.
• Unverified / speculative — unresolved, incomplete, or part of the theory around a case.

YouTube descriptions are imported automatically. The long-form story is written or completed by an editor. Empty story sections mean the article has not been finished yet — they are not filled with invented narrative.

Sources listed on a page include a title, publisher, URL and dates when known. We do not invent URLs. If a story is still a draft in the newsroom, the public page still shows the real video and its basic metadata.