Corrections
Corrections
Every briefing is read and released by a human before it is published. Without that release it does not appear — there is no deadline after which a briefing goes live on its own. Mistakes can still happen: someone reading it over does not see everything. That is why this page exists.
What happens before publication
Every claim has to point at a source. A second model cross-checks, and what fails the check is dropped rather than softened. Then a human reads the finished run — every story, both sides, the source line — and releases it or discards it. Every briefing carries the number of claims checked and the number dropped; sources sit as links on the story, not in a footnote.
What that does not do
It does not prevent mistakes. A model can quote a source correctly and still summarise it wrongly. A source can be wrong itself. A number can go stale while it is still on the page. And a human reading it over is not a human seeing everything — the release is a read-through, not a re-reporting of every figure. Anyone promising otherwise is promising something neither machine nor human can hold.
Why a briefing is sometimes late
Because nobody has released it yet. Moonkelp is made by one person; if they are ill, away or simply awake later, the finished briefing waits until they have read it. We deliberately built no fallback that publishes on its own after a few hours — that would only be possible at the price of the promise above not holding on some days.
How to report an error
Through the feedback channel in the footer of every page, subject “A claim is wrong”. Tell us which story you mean and which sentence is wrong — we already know the day you are on. No account and no email address required; an address only if you want an answer.
If you would rather write: contact@moonkelp.com
What happens next
Every report is read. We check it against the source, not against the text: is the claim in the evidence? Does the evidence carry what we made of it? If you left an address, we answer within three working days — including when we stand by the claim. A confirmed error is corrected as soon as it is confirmed, not at the next deadline.
What a correction looks like
We do not delete, and we do not quietly rewrite. A corrected story carries a visible note with the date and what was changed. Where the original sentence makes the change intelligible, it stays readable. A mistake you can no longer see is not a correction, it is a repair job.
What is not a correction
A different reading is not an error. Moonkelp puts the strongest version of both sides on every story; holding one of them to be wrong is a position, not a finding. We correct facts, numbers, attributions and quotes. We are happy to argue about judgement — it stands as long as its evidence stands.
What we do not change in hindsight
A briefing is where the day stood, not a reference work. When the situation changes, a new briefing is written — not a new yesterday. The archive therefore stays as it was, with its date. We correct what was wrong on the day of publication; not what has turned out differently since.