Editorial guidelines

These guidelines describe how the carmannews newsroom sources, verifies, and reports its stories. They are public because we believe readers should be able to evaluate not just our conclusions but the process behind them. The current revision is May 2026.

Sourcing

Every factual claim in a carmannews story must link to a primary source — the SEC filing, the peer-reviewed paper, the court document, the company’s own statement — not a secondary aggregator. Where a primary source is not publicly accessible, we describe it inline (“a Q1 2026 internal memo reviewed by carmannews”) and the editor on duty holds the original.

Anonymous sources

carmannews uses anonymous sources only after a three-tier verification ladder. Tier one: the source has direct knowledge and is contemporaneously documented (notes, audio, an email). Tier two: a second source independently confirms the same fact. Tier three: a senior editor signs off in writing on the use of the anonymity. We never use anonymous sources for accusations of a single individual’s wrongdoing without on-the-record corroboration.

Conflict of interest

Every carmannews reporter publicly discloses any individual holding over $500 in a publicly traded company they may cover, and any speaking or advisory relationship with a company, project, or industry group. Disclosures sit at the top of the story when material, not buried in a footer. See the full carmannews ethics policy for what reporters can and cannot accept.

AI use

No AI-drafted reporting at carmannews, ever, even with byline review. AI is approved only for translation of foreign primary sources (clearly labelled) and for routine price-data and statistics summaries where the underlying data is publicly verifiable.

Corrections

If a carmannews story contains a factual error, we publish the fix on our public corrections page with the original wording, the corrected wording, and the date of the change. We do not silently edit old stories.