Fact Checking Policy
a) The Open Headlines is dedicated to publishing truthful information in all of its content, no matter how big or small. We follow a number of procedures to guarantee accuracy, including skeptically examining claims, challenging presumptions, and questioning conventional wisdom.
b) Our goal is to ensure that every output is accurate to the required degree. This dedication is essential to maintaining our reputation and audiences’ trust. The word “due” implies that the accuracy must be sufficient and appropriate for the output, considering the topic and content’s nature, and clearly stating or emphasizing any limitations that might affect those expectations.
c) Accordingly, all of our work needs to be properly sourced, grounded in the evidence that is currently available, and verified, as appropriate for its content and nature. We make an effort to avoid irrational conjecture and to be forthright and honest about what we don’t know.
d) Our journalists never intentionally misrepresent context or facts, including visual data, or plagiarize.
e) When it comes to claims, information, and allegations—especially those made by public officials or anyone with a purpose other than simply reporting the facts—we look for independent verification from sources. Normally, credit is given to claims, allegations, significant facts, and other content that cannot be verified.
f) The Open Headlines believes the material it posts to be accurate and stands by it. We promptly update the news item/information if proven incorrect. We don’t purposefully or significantly mislead our audiences. We don’t present made-up information as fact or falsify facts in order to damage our audiences’ confidence in our work. Serious factual errors are acknowledged, and they are promptly, clearly, and appropriately corrected.
g) We give the public an equal opportunity to report any inconsistencies or errors in our reporting by including a “Suggest A Correction” section at the conclusion of each published web story.
h) The main duties of our journalists are story reporting, story writing, and fact-checking. One or more editors may review a story before publication. A multi-level fact-checking structure is available on The Open Headlines for stories that demand careful investigation. A story’s seniority among editors who evaluate it before it is published depends on a number of variables, such as the story’s complexity, sensitivity, and deadline pressure.
Our Revision Guidelines
The Openheadlines.com constantly aspires to excellence and accuracy, but we accept the fact that mistakes will occasionally occur. When these mistakes are made, openheadlines.com will take ownership of the problem and work to ensure that there is maximum transparency so that everyone can feel secure that the false information does not get out.
The actions that each party must take in order to fulfill the objectives of excellence, accuracy, and transparency are as follows:
Readers
Should a reader notice a mistake, they should get in touch with Shahzad Munir, the editor-in-chief, right away via phone, email, mail, or in person.
Email: engrsm123@gmail.com
Sub: Regarding Correction of Post
A correction cannot be formally submitted until the reader gets in touch with the chief editor. It’s possible that other openheadlines.com staff members won’t respond to corrections you send them right away or at all.
Corrections sent via mail or email should contain the following information: the correction, the issue date or number, the reader’s name, the location of the correction (online, in print, etc.), and a phone number or email address where they can be reached. In addition, readers ought to provide accurate information and, if relevant, cite their source. For instance, kindly submit the minutes of that meeting if the total of votes cast in the Student Senate was off.
The editor-in-chief will respond to the reader and may get in touch with them again if additional information is needed or if a clarification is noted. Please be aware that submitting a correction does not ensure that a correction will be issued; rather, it guarantees that the error will be looked into.
When an error is brought to the attention of the editor-in-chief, that person will look into it using the reader’s information, meeting minutes, the reporter’s recordings, and any other information sources at their disposal.
In the event that an error is discovered, the chief editor will rectify the information in all forms where it was incorrectly distributed.
On page 2A of the following issue, corrections will be made. Together with the correction, the issue, article, and inaccurate information will be noted.
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The article will be updated with the corrections, and a note from the editor pointing out the mistakes and the date of the update will appear at the bottom of the piece.
Social Media
A post mentioning the correction and providing a link to the updated version will be published if the article was shared on Facebook, Twitter, or any other website under the control of The Openheadlines.com.
The editor-in-chief will get in touch with the reader who submitted the correction as soon as the error has been fixed, explaining the steps that were taken to fix it.