Fact-Checking Policy:
- a) Commitment to Accuracy:Tazakhabarhinditimesis dedicated to ensuring the accuracy of all its content. We take multiple steps to ensure accuracy: we investigate claims critically, question assumptions, and challenge conventional beliefs.
- b) Due Accuracy: We are committed to achieving appropriate accuracy in all our content. This commitment is essential to our reputation and the trust of our audience. The term ‘due’ indicates that accuracy must be sufficient and suitable for the content, considering the subject and nature of the material, and explicitly mention any constraints that may affect expectations.
- c) Sourcing and Evidence:All our content must be well-sourced, based on available evidence, and corroborated. We aim to be transparent about what we do not know and avoid making unfounded speculations.
- d) No Plagiarism or Distortion: Our journalists never intentionally plagiarize or distort facts or context, including visual information.
- e) Independent Verification:We seek independent verification to confirm claims, information, and allegations, especially those made by public officials or those with agendas beyond reporting the truth. Claims and material facts that cannot be corroborated are typically attributed.
- f) Corrections and Accountability: Tazakhabarhinditimesstands by the information it publishes and considers it accurate. If proven otherwise, we correct the information as quickly as possible. We do not knowingly mislead our audience. We acknowledge serious factual errors and correct them promptly and clearly.
- g) Reporting Inaccuracies:We provide a way for the public to report inaccuracies or errors through the ‘Suggest A Correction’ section at the end of every web story.
- h) Editorial Review: Our journalists’ primary responsibilities are reporting, writing, and fact-checking. Stories are reviewed by one or more editors. Tazakhabar hindi timeshas a multi-level fact-checking structure for stories requiring due diligence. The seniority of editors reviewing a story before publication depends on factors such as complexity, sensitivity, and time constraints.
Correction Policies:
While Tazakhabarhinditimes.com strives for accuracy, we acknowledge that errors may occur. When mistakes happen, Tazakhabarhinditimes.com takes responsibility for correcting them and maintains transparency to ensure all parties trust that incorrect information is not propagated.
Steps for Accuracy, Transparency, and Excellence:
Readers:
If a reader spots an error, they should contact the editor-in-chief, Emilee Wentland, immediately by email, phone, mail, or in person.
Email: tazakhabar.hinditimes@gmail.com
Subject: Correction Needed
A correction is officially submitted only when the editor-in-chief is contacted directly. Corrections sent to other staff members may not be addressed timely or at all.
Corrections should include:
– The correction needed
– The issue date or number
– Where the error was seen (print, online, etc.)
– The reader’s name and contact information
– Correct information and a source for verification if applicable (e.g., meeting minutes for an incorrect vote tally)
The reader can expect a response from the editor-in-chief and may be contacted for further clarification.
The Tazakhabarhinditimes.com:
Once the editor-in-chief is informed of an error, they will investigate using the provided information, meeting minutes, reporter’s recordings, and other available sources. If an error is confirmed, corrections will be issued across all platforms where the incorrect information was disseminated.
Print:
Corrections will be printed on page 2A of the next issue, specifying the issue, article, incorrect information, and correction.
Online:
The article will be corrected, and an editor’s note will be added at the bottom, indicating the error and correction date.
Social Media:
If the article was posted on social media, a post will link to the corrected article, noting the correction.
After correcting the error, the editor-in-chief will inform the reader who reported it about the steps taken to correct it.