Sourcing
Every story that makes a factual claim carries a source log at the foot of the page listing
what it was built from. Where a story rests on people rather than documents, we say how many
and what position they are in to know.
We label rumor as rumor. A story in our Rumors section is reporting on what is being said,
not an assertion that it is true, and it is badged that way on every surface it appears.
Verification
Contracts, medical records and test results are verified against the issuing body before
publication. Footage is checked for provenance. We do not run a claim about a named fighter's
conduct on a single anonymous source.
Right of reply
Anyone accused of wrongdoing in a story is contacted for comment before publication, and we
say in the story whether they responded. Declining to comment is reported as exactly that.
Community submissions
Members can file stories. Every submission is read by an editor before it goes live, and an
approved piece carries the contributor's byline. Submissions are rendered with embedded markup
stripped regardless of who wrote them.
Independence
No promotion, manager or sponsor gets to see a story before it runs. See
ownership and funding for who pays for this.
