Editorial Standards

This page describes how we report, source, and correct stories at msoftnews. It is meant to set expectations for readers and to hold us accountable when we fall short.

Sourcing

Every story is built from primary reporting by other publications, official company announcements, government filings, or research preprints. We link to every source we used, inline where the relevant claim appears and in a sources list at the foot of each article. We do not rewrite a single source in isolation; where possible, our drafts are built from a cluster of independent reports on the same news.

Verification

Where claims are easy to verify against primary documents — earnings figures, public benchmarks, code commits — we check them. Where claims rest on anonymous sourcing in the original reporting, we attribute them to the publication that broke the story rather than presenting them as established fact.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we update the article, leave a dated correction note at the bottom, and where the error was substantive we re-share the corrected piece. Send corrections to corrections@msoftnews.com.

Conflicts of interest

If a story discusses a company that has any commercial relationship with msoftnews — sponsorship, advertising, or otherwise — we disclose that relationship at the top of the article. We do not currently take sponsorships in our daily news coverage.

Independence

We do not show stories to subjects ahead of publication, accept payment for coverage, or write under contract for a particular angle. Our advertising, when we have it, is sold by the slot and never tied to editorial coverage.