Editorial Standards

1. Source selection

Every story on Cupure is based on reporting by other news organisations, and every story names and links them. Sources are chosen individually and added only after review. We include:

• established newsrooms: national and regional newspapers, public and private broadcasters, news agencies and recognised specialist publications;
• outlets that are free to read, so readers can follow our links to the original reporting;
• a range of owners, countries, regions and political leanings, so that no single perspective dominates a story.

We do not include content farms, sites that only republish others' articles, or sites that consist of press releases.

A story is built from the coverage of several outlets, often from different countries and languages. A source can be removed if its reporting proves unreliable.

2. Neutrality

• Our stories report what happened and who said it. They do not add opinion, commentary or speculation.
• Claims made by one party are attributed to that party.
• Where outlets or parties disagree on the facts or their meaning, the story states the differing positions rather than choosing one.
• Headlines describe the story accurately and do not exaggerate it. We do not publish clickbait.
• We do not publish opinion pieces or editorials.

3. How a story is published

• A story is not published on Cupure until the event has been reported by several independent news organisations. A claim carried by a single outlet does not become a Cupure story on its own.
• Each story is written in a neutral voice from the reporting of the outlets it cites, and stays within what they report.
• Every story is published in our seven languages, and all seven versions carry the same content and the same sources.
• As further outlets report on the event, they are added to the story, and the story is updated when the facts change.
• Explainers and long-form pieces are researched against primary and published sources and reviewed by the Cupure team before publication. They are updated by hand.

4. Corrections

• How to report: use our contact form or the email address shown there. Please name the story and describe the error.
• What we do: every report is checked against the sources cited in the story. Confirmed errors are corrected promptly.
• How a correction is shown: the story is corrected in all seven languages, and a story whose content has changed shows an “Updated” label with the time of the change. The story keeps its address.
• Duplicates: if two stories turn out to cover the same event, they are merged and the earlier address forwards to the remaining story.

5. Independence

• No person or organisation can pay to have a story published, removed, changed or ranked higher.
• Stories are ranked automatically, by how widely and where they are covered. The ranking is the same for all readers of a language.
• No outlet pays to be included as a source.

6. Responsibility

These standards are maintained by the Cupure team. Questions about them can be sent through our contact form.