Corrections Policy

Last updated: 15 November 2026.

Our commitment

We aim to get every fact right, but news moves fast and summaries can contain errors. When we get something wrong, we correct it — promptly, openly, and on the story itself, not quietly. A correction is not an embarrassment to hide; it is how readers know they can trust what they read next. This page explains how to tell us about an error and what we do about it.

What counts as an error

We correct factual mistakes in our own content. That includes:

Wrong facts: an incorrect number, name, date, place, score or quotation in a short or an Original.
A misleading summary: a short that misrepresents what its source report actually said, or leaves out context that changes the meaning.
A wrong or outdated link: a short that points to the wrong source story, or a source link that no longer leads to the report it was meant to.
Spelling and clarity: typos and unclear wording that could confuse a reader. Small typos are fixed without a formal notice; factual errors always get one.

We do not "correct" a story because a reader disagrees with the source's reporting or with an opinion in an editorial. If you disagree with a source's account, the right place to take that up is with the source publisher — though we will still check whether our summary of it was fair and accurate.

How to report an error

Email us at help@thedailyshort.com with "Correction" in the subject line, or DM us on Instagram at @thedaily.short. To help us fix it quickly, please include:

The headline of the story, and a link to it on thedailyshort.com if you have one.
What is wrong, and what it should say.
A link to the source story or other reliable evidence that shows the correct fact.

You do not need to include your name or any personal details beyond what is needed to reply to you. We use your message only to investigate and fix the error.

What happens next

We will acknowledge your message within 24 hours and aim to resolve it within 15 days. Here is the process:

We check: we compare the story against the linked source report and, where needed, other reliable published sources. If the error is in the source's own reporting rather than in our summary, we check whether the source has corrected it and update our summary to match.
We fix: if the story is wrong, we correct the text on the site. We do not silently rewrite a story and pretend it was always right.
We note it: a factual correction is marked on the article itself, with a short correction note saying what was wrong and what it now says. For a developing story where the facts themselves have changed since publication, we update the story and note that it was updated.
We reply: we write back to the person who reported the error to say what we found and what we changed — including when we conclude, after checking, that the story was in fact correct.

Urgent errors — for example, a wrong figure in a breaking story that readers might act on — are prioritised and corrected as soon as they are verified, ahead of routine requests.

Corrections on short summaries vs Originals

For a short summary, the correction is made to the summary on our site, and the note on the article explains the change. The original publisher's story is theirs to correct; we cannot change it, but if the source corrects its own report, we update our summary to match and note that too.

For an Original explainer or editorial, the correction note stays on the article permanently, so a reader arriving later can see what changed and why. Older versions are not kept as separate pages, but the correction note on the article records the substance of the change.

When we do not correct

We do not change a story to reflect a later development as though it were an error — that is an update, and it is labelled as one. We do not remove a story because someone dislikes it, and we do not alter a summary to favour a person, company or advertiser. If you believe a story should be removed rather than corrected — for example because it contains private personal information — tell us why, and we will consider the request on its merits and reply with our decision.

Contact

Corrections and feedback: help@thedailyshort.com. See also our Editorial Policy for how stories are chosen and checked, and our About page for what The Daily Short is.