Corrections Policy
We correct errors openly. Here is how to report one and what happens next.
Reporting an error
Email corrections@bttlaw.com with:
- The page address.
- The sentence, figure or table you believe is wrong.
- What you believe is correct, and the source that shows it.
We read every request. We aim to acknowledge it within two business days and to resolve straightforward factual errors as quickly as we can confirm them.
What we correct
We correct factual errors: a wrong figure, a misattributed statistic, an incorrect description of a regulation or court decision, a wrong date, a misspelled name. We also correct errors of context, such as a figure presented as a cause when the source reports it as an associated factor.
Disagreements over interpretation are not errors, but we take them seriously. If a reader shows that a fair reading of the evidence differs from ours, we may add a clarification.
How corrections appear
- Corrections are added as a dated note at the end of the article that says what was wrong and what we changed. Where an error affected the main point of a piece, the note also appears near the top.
- Clarifications are added when a passage was accurate but could mislead. They are dated and explain what we added or reworded.
- Updates reflect new information, such as new data or a rule change, rather than an error. They are shown with an “Updated” date beside the byline.
We do not quietly change published figures. Typos and broken links are fixed without a note when they do not change meaning.
Corrections to data pages
Data pages show the dataset and extraction date for each table. When an agency revises a dataset, we update our tables, show the new extraction date and keep a note of the revision on the page.
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