At The Epoch Times, accuracy and verification go hand in hand with our mission to provide truthful reporting to our readers. While we do our best to verify every fact before it’s published, mistakes may happen, and we thank you for bringing them to our attention.
Examples of errors include:
– Misspelled names, titles, organization names, places, and so on
– Incorrect dates
– Incorrect numbers. Note that in the case of developing stories, numbers may initially be incorrect ahead of more information becoming available (e.g., death tolls figures, area of land affected, number of vehicles involved); these do not need a correction.
– Incorrect attributions
– Factual inaccuracies
If You Spot an Error
If you think you’ve spotted an error that warrants a correction, please contact us by filling out this form and provide the following:
– The headline and publication date of the article
– Please include the article URL if reading online
– The paragraph where the potential error appeared
– An explanation of why you believe it is an error, and any source materials that could point the writer in the right direction to correct it.
Providing the above will help us to quickly identify, verify, and implement any correction you bring to our attention.
Corrections Process
When our staff are informed of a straightforward typo or style error, we may correct it as soon as possible without issuing a correction statement.
When our staff are informed of a factual error, first we confirm the error with the writer and editor who worked on the article. We then work as quickly as possible to correct the text and provide a correction statement in every place where the error has appeared. On the website, that means a statement at the bottom of the story explaining how we erred. In print, that means a notice printed in the next edition explaining the error and providing the correct text.
