Corrections / SN-CR-01

Corrections policy

A real-time wire will sometimes be wrong before it is right. What matters is that errors are fixed fast, visibly and never erased.

01 / Principles

Three rules

  • Correct fast: a factual error on a live wire is corrected as soon as it is identified.
  • Correct visibly: material corrections are labeled and timestamped.
  • Keep the audit trail: we do not silently rewrite history to hide a mistake.
02 / Classification

What gets which treatment

TypePolicy
CorrectionA factual error that could change a reader decision or market interpretation.
ClarificationThe original item was not false, but could be clearer.
UpdateNew information was added after the original headline.
RetractionA material item was fundamentally unsupported or wrong.
03 / Format

What a correction looks like

Correction notes are appended to the item, dated and specific about what was wrong.

Correction, 14:32 UTC: An earlier version misstated the reported value as 58.0. The correct value was 580K.
04 / Reporting

Report an error

If you believe anything published by SquawkNews is factually wrong, write to corrections@squawknews.com with a link or timestamp of the item and the source supporting the correction.

Substantiated errors are corrected promptly; we aim to act within 24 hours, and much faster for items still active on the live wire.

05 / Scope

Scope

This policy covers all SquawkNews output: the live wire, market briefs, audio squawk text, macro dashboards and archive pages. Errors introduced by automated processing are treated like any other factual error. See our AI disclosure.