Fact Checking Policy
Speakupkarnataka Maintains www.speakupkarnataka.com (hereinafter referred to as “Speakupkarnataka” / “We” / “Us” / “Our”) would like to inform you about the care and caution that We take in order to ensure due accuracy of Our content, which is addressed by Our Fact-Checking Policy.
Due accuracy in all Our content
For any journalistic platform, consider of its audience is the maximum vital component. Believe can most effective be received and sustained on the basis of accurate, truthful and balanced reporting. It is vital that We stay dedicated to achieving due accuracy in all Our content material to the quantity viable. Our know-how of ‘due accuracy’ is that accuracy isn’t simply of the considered necessary wellknown however additionally exceptional in essence. Factors including concern and nature of the information being furnished, the expectations of the audience and so forth. Are also taken into consideration via Us in pursuit of due accuracy. We try to give most accurate account that is corroborated with the aid of the direct stakeholders of the information in every unmarried information report. We inspect claims with skepticism, query assumptions, and project traditional knowledge. We renowned regions of uncertainty, with a purpose to constantly exist notwithstanding Our great efforts to solve them. But, the stringency required to fact-check the statistics on gentle and hard memories range. For instance, assets required for a fantastic tale on an NGO paintings might in another way from an investigative story.
We adhere to the guidance hereinbelow to ensure due accuracy in Our content:
We ensure that any broadcast via Us is derived from a dependable supply, primarily based on concrete and corroborated proof. In case of loss of direct resources, we’re mandated to characteristic the memories to the platform from where it’s miles sourced.
We endeavour to verify any claims or allegations or records attributed to public government or from someone, who We consider, has a cause past just giving an account of the truthfulness of the occasion. Therefore, We qualify and get in touch with-out such statistics, consisting of claims or allegations, which we’re unable to corroborate.
We stand by the information We publish and deem it be accurate. If proven otherwise, We change the news item/information as swiftly as reasonably possible and We ensure that We duly inform Our readers of the changes made in such news item/information.
We remember that Our audiences’ agree with in Us is of extreme importance. Therefore, it’s far Our endeavour that We do no longer consciously mislead anybody, and that We do no longer tweak any data or gift any made-up data as factual content material. Further, wherein critical factual errors come to the fore, We publicly receive them and ensure that they’re rectified within the shortest time feasible in a clear and the perfect way.
We ensure that a fair opportunity is given to the public to report any inaccuracies or errors on Our Website via “Suggest A Correction” segment that is provided at the end of all Our reportage presented and published on Our Website.
The foremost responsibility of Our journalists’ is to report, write, and truth-take a look at the information/records/memories. In truth, Our stories are subjected to scrutiny on a couple of degrees, which include a strong truth-test internal technique wherein a thorough due diligence is completed on every piece and it similarly reviewed by using one or more of Our editors. It needs to be designated that the seniority of editors who undertake review of the stories preceding their book at the website differs and depends on different factors along with complexity and sensitivity of the problem, and the pressure of time.
In case of an allegation, We ensure to reach out to all the concerned parties. We then independently verify the information in question and the one being provided so as to achieve the most accurate result.
Sourcing Information for Our content
We source information in the most accurate way by following the given guidelines:
Verify each and every information with at least two sources.
In case of a single source, the credibility of the source is ensured through corroboration with what the person is saying.
Look for documentary evidence in every case possible, instead of solely relying on a human source.
In case of a survey, it is Our duty that We provide the way the information was collected and how the data was interpreted. If there are chances of Our data not leading to accurate information, We convey the inconsistencies to the audience at the earliest possible time.
Aim and intent is to get accurate information at the first instance instead of making it public first and then subsequently addressing any doubts whatsoever.
Always put efforts to take and talk on record with the stakeholders of the information/news. Explain why a source is not na14med when an anonymous source is being used depending on the circumstances, and work out a way with such sources to provide the readers with as much information as possible about them so that readers can assess the sources’ reliability.
Share information about sources with Our editors to enable them (editors as well reporters) to assess whether the concerned piece of information is appropriate for use and the manner it may be used in. The conversation between the reporter and editor must be reflected in anonymous quotations.
Have succinct conversations with sources as to how to use the information furnished by them, especially when the sources do not have significant experience in engaging with the media. Clarify a source’s expectations of keeping information “off the record”, and/or “on background”, and/or other statuses because such terms can have different meanings for different people.
Give people the right to respond to reporting that may portray them in a negative light, and explain to readers the efforts We put in to seek response in cases where sources do not respond.
Consciously seek such sources who are in dearth of any access to wide public platforms in conjunction with those sources who are influential and powerful.
A senior resource or the person who is heading the newsroom at The Logical Indian can always be consulted in case one is in a dilemma or is unable to make a decision by themselves in order to avoid any wrong piece of information being presented to the audience.
User-Generated Content
User-generated content possesses inherent challenges. We do not assume that the material shared with Us is accurate and, depending on how We plan to use it, We take reasonable steps to verify the veracity of such content. We are mindful of how to employ information supplied by a member of a lobby group or anyone with a vested interest in the story, rather than a disinterested bystander. We ensure that user-generated content is clearly identified as such. Additionally, We follow the given guidelines:
Sources of information which may seem reliable on the internet may not always be duly accurate. It may be necessary to check as to who is running the website and/or confirm with an individual or organisation that the material relevant to them is genuine.
Care is taken to distinguish truth from hearsay. This is specifically however by no means completely, authentic for fabric available on social media wherein distortions can be planned or unintended however wherein error or hearsay can spread like wild fireplace inside minutes most of the target market around the world, even as corrections discover it plenty more difficult to attain the same momentum.
Additional scrutiny may be necessary where material from a social media site or other internet source is being used to corroborate a fact. We qualify and call-out all material that was not gathered by Us.
