Accuracy is the thing we can least afford to get wrong, so it isn't treated as a separate department at Critical Registrar; it's built into how every story gets written, from a two-line brief to a long investigation. Below is how that actually works, and what to do if you think we've missed something.

Our Standard

Before anything runs, every claim, statistic, quote, or attribution in it needs to trace back to a source we'd be comfortable naming. When a source has to stay anonymous, an editor signs off on that decision, and we try to get a second source to back the claim up independently.

Some claims need more than that. If something is contested, surprising, or has real consequences (a legal allegation, a financial figure, anything touching health, safety, or an election) we won't run it on a single source, no matter how good that source is. When we genuinely can't clear that bar in time, we tell readers that rather than quietly softening the claim.

Where it's possible, we go to the primary material itself rather than someone else's write-up of it: court filings, official data, the person we're quoting, rather than a summary of what they said elsewhere. We link to that material so you don't have to take our word for it.

Non-partisanship

The same standard applies no matter who's making the claim or who it helps. We're not in the business of going easier on one side of a debate or harder on another, and our news coverage doesn't argue for a policy position, even when the subject is one our writers have strong feelings about. When you're reading something that is opinion, analysis, or a review rather than a news story, the section and byline will tell you so.

How a Story Gets Checked

A reporter builds a story with the sourcing attached: the documents, the recordings, the contacts, kept alongside the draft rather than in their head. An editor then checks the load-bearing claims independently before it publishes, which is a different pass than the usual copy edit for style and clarity.

Breaking news is the exception that proves the rule: it can go up with the verification we have at the time, but we keep working the story and updating it as more comes in, and we timestamp those updates so you can see what changed and when.

How We're Funded

Critical Registrar Publishing Group is self-funded, supplemented by reader donations. Donors have no say in what we cover, how we cover it, or what conclusions a story reaches; there's no arrangement, formal or otherwise, that gives funding a seat at the editorial table. If that ever changes, or if a specific donation is tied to a specific coverage area, we'll disclose it here and on the relevant story.

Our Corrections page explains how we investigate and fix errors, or you can reach us directly through contact@critreg.com.

This page is reviewed annually. Last reviewed: January 2026.