No sides taken

On disputed stories we present the main positions in their strongest honest form, side by side, with the facts both sides accept. We name each side by who holds it, not by a label we chose. We avoid words that judge.

Every line has a source

Each sentence in a researched story is tied to the reports, documents or recordings it rests on. Tap an underlined line to see them. Sentences that can't be tied to a source are removed before publication.

We prefer primary sources: court orders, official notifications and reports, regulators' circulars, recorded statements. When only one outlet reports something, we say so.

Two kinds of coverage

• Researched stories. We compare several outlets' reports, list the open questions and the claims that need checking, and research them until they're answered or we can show they can't be yet.
• Short notes. One or two lines on every other report we read, credited to the outlet or official source. Notes summarise what was reported; they are marked as not yet checked by us.

How we use AI

NOSIDES uses AI models to read reports, find what's missing, search for sources, and draft stories and notes. The rules they work under are written down and versioned, and every step of every story is recorded. Every sentence in a story links to its sources, so you can see what each line rests on.

AI makes mistakes. The rules above (sources for every line, attributions on notes, disputed claims marked as disputed) are there to limit them, and corrections are how we fix the rest.

Choosing stories

Each morning we group the day's reports into events and pick the most important in each section: India, World, Geopolitics, Business & Finance, Tech & Science. Each pick and each skip is recorded with its reason.

Photos and clips

Photos are either the cited report's own preview image, credited and linked, or freely licensed images from Wikimedia Commons. Short clips come only from creators an editor has approved (see the list) and are checked against the reports for place and date before they're shown.

Independence

No advertiser, owner or source sees or approves a story before publication. See Ownership and funding.

Mistakes

If we get something wrong, we correct it openly. See our corrections policy.