Corrections

The Spine synthesizes coverage from outlets across the political spectrum, using a large language model. That makes both the input and the output fallible. When a synthesized story misstates a fact or misrepresents an outlet's framing, we want to know.

How to report a correction

Email timothy.s.bolger@gmail.com with the URL of the story and a one- or two-line description of what's wrong. If the issue is a factual error, please link to a primary source (the original outlet's article, a court filing, a vote tally) so we can verify quickly.

What we commit to

• Acknowledged within 24 hours.A real human reads every correction email. You will get a reply within a day, even if it's just "looking into it."
• Fixed or retracted within 48 hours. If we agree the synthesis is wrong, we either edit the published story (with a visible correction note at the bottom) or, if the error is structural, retract the story entirely with an explanation.
• Public correction log. Every correction we make is logged on this page so the same reader who flagged the issue can confirm we acted on it. Quarterly transparency reports will summarize patterns.

What we don't correct

The Spine surfaces framing differences between outlets without taking a side. "Outlet X said this; outlet Y said that" is reporting on what outlets said, not an endorsement of either framing. We don't correct synthesized stories to favor one outlet's framing over another — that would defeat the point of the product. We do correct factual errors, misattributions, and places where the synthesis has clearly drifted from what the cited outlets actually wrote.

Public correction log

No corrections logged yet. This page will list every corrected story by date, slug, what changed, and who flagged it.