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Newsroom quality gate · 2026-08-24T10:34:36Z

Evidence can nominate a story. Only reporting can finish it.

Publication readiness for wire briefs, explainers, and investigations; a passing record authorizes human review, never automatic publication.

Current release state

515/515 wire dossiers satisfy the wire floor

0/1 explainers and 0/2 investigations satisfy their deeper reporting gates. Passing never publishes automatically.

Profiles

Different speed, different burden

Wire

  1. attribution
  2. source receipt
  3. scope limitations
  4. evidence label
  5. no automatic publication

Explainer

  1. primary document
  2. independent groups
  3. historical context
  4. counterevidence
  5. expert voice
  6. affected voice
  7. explanatory visual
  8. sentence citations
  9. explicit limitations
  10. human edit
  11. no automatic publication

Investigation

  1. primary document
  2. independent groups
  3. historical context
  4. counterevidence
  5. expert voice
  6. skeptical expert voice
  7. affected voice
  8. explanatory visual
  9. sentence citations
  10. explicit limitations
  11. human edit
  12. fact check
  13. right to reply
  14. corrections and updates
  15. falsification assessed
  16. safety review
  17. no automatic publication

Open packages

Every failed check stays visible

Human-source counts come from encrypted private receipts. No identity, contact detail, or note text appears here.

explainer · blocked

What the Current China Economy Evidence Still Cannot Establish

china-economy-explainer

  • At least one captured primary releaseBlocked · 0 attached release-document receipt(s).
  • Independent groups per analytical claimBlocked · Derived rollups do not count as independent groups.
  • Historical or comparable context with citationsBlocked · Revision-safe official baselines have not yet been attached to article copy.
  • Every analytical claim addresses counterevidencePassed · Alternative explanations must be attached claim by claim.
  • Verified, consented expert voiceBlocked · Counted only from encrypted, verified, consented, safety-reviewed records.
  • Verified affected voice where relevantBlocked · Economic changes have human consequences, so an affected voice is required for publication.
  • Material explanatory chart, map, or timelineBlocked · A chart or timeline must materially explain a historical comparison.
  • Every structured claim mapped to sentence-level citationsBlocked · Citation completion is an explicit editorial attestation.
  • Analytical claims carry explicit limitationsPassed · Limitations must state consequences, not merely exist as boilerplate.
  • Human edit completedBlocked · A pseudonymous, dated editorial receipt is required.
  • Automatic publication disabledPassed · Passing a gate never triggers publication automatically.

investigation · blocked

What the Current China Economy Evidence Still Cannot Establish

china-economy-investigation

  • At least one captured primary releaseBlocked · 0 attached release-document receipt(s).
  • Independent groups per analytical claimBlocked · Derived rollups do not count as independent groups.
  • Historical or comparable context with citationsBlocked · The current lead records missing history and does not yet supply article-ready revision baselines.
  • Every analytical claim addresses counterevidencePassed · Alternative explanations must be attached claim by claim.
  • Verified, consented expert voiceBlocked · Counted only from encrypted, verified, consented, safety-reviewed records.
  • Verified skeptical expert voiceBlocked · The challenging interpretation is recorded independently.
  • Verified affected voice where relevantBlocked · A deeply reported economic investigation requires evidence of lived consequences.
  • Material explanatory chart, map, or timelineBlocked · A chart, map, or timeline must explain the finding rather than decorate it.
  • Every structured claim mapped to sentence-level citationsBlocked · Citation completion is an explicit editorial attestation.
  • Analytical claims carry explicit limitationsPassed · Limitations must state consequences, not merely exist as boilerplate.
  • Human edit completedBlocked · A pseudonymous, dated editorial receipt is required.
  • Independent fact-check completedBlocked · A pseudonymous, dated fact-check receipt is required.
  • Right-to-reply complete before allegationsPassed · Not-applicable is valid only when the case makes no allegation.
  • Visible correction and update historyPassed · Current and immutable revision links must remain visible.
  • At least one falsification condition assessedBlocked · Untested conditions keep an investigation in the lead register.
  • Human-source and case safety review completeBlocked · Public case files remain aggregate; protected notes stay private.
  • Automatic publication disabledPassed · Passing a gate never triggers publication automatically.

investigation · blocked

China's Network Filtering Has No Honest Single Rate

china-network-filtering-investigation

  • At least one captured primary releaseBlocked · 0 attached release-document receipt(s).
  • Independent groups per analytical claimPassed · Derived rollups do not count as independent groups.
  • Historical or comparable context with citationsBlocked · Three synchronized comparable rounds have not yet crossed the network-round gate. Comparable synchronized rounds: 0/3.
  • Every analytical claim addresses counterevidencePassed · Alternative explanations must be attached claim by claim.
  • Verified, consented expert voiceBlocked · Counted only from encrypted, verified, consented, safety-reviewed records.
  • Verified skeptical expert voiceBlocked · The challenging interpretation is recorded independently.
  • Verified affected voice where relevantBlocked · Reporting on filtering consequences requires a rights-safe affected voice.
  • Material explanatory chart, map, or timelineBlocked · A protocol-by-vantage map or timeline is required once comparable rounds exist.
  • Every structured claim mapped to sentence-level citationsBlocked · Citation completion is an explicit editorial attestation.
  • Analytical claims carry explicit limitationsPassed · Limitations must state consequences, not merely exist as boilerplate.
  • Human edit completedBlocked · A pseudonymous, dated editorial receipt is required.
  • Independent fact-check completedBlocked · A pseudonymous, dated fact-check receipt is required.
  • Right-to-reply complete before allegationsPassed · Not-applicable is valid only when the case makes no allegation.
  • Visible correction and update historyPassed · Current and immutable revision links must remain visible.
  • At least one falsification condition assessedBlocked · Untested conditions keep an investigation in the lead register.
  • Human-source and case safety review completeBlocked · Public case files remain aggregate; protected notes stay private.
  • Automatic publication disabledPassed · Passing a gate never triggers publication automatically.