How to read our sources

Each entry in the source list has two parts:

• Publisher: the organization that produced the document, dataset or report.
• Label: the specific item, so you can tell a court filing from a press release from a news report.

Entries open the original website in a new tab. Pages can change or move after we link to them, so compare a source's own date with the date on our story.

Where we can, we point to primary records first: filings, court orders, official statements, public data and transcripts. When a story relies on another outlet's reporting, we say so and link to it rather than presenting it as our own.

We try to attribute consequential claims to a named organization or person, and to distinguish what is documented from interpretation, projection or opinion.

A source list shows what a story draws on. It does not prove that every statement in the story is correct, and the depth of sourcing differs between a short news item and a longer analysis or profile.

The most useful habit is to open the sources, compare their dates with the story's own, and weigh a story by what it cites. Where details matter for a decision, treat our story as a starting point and check the primary documents.

• A factual mistake: write to the corrections address on the contact page.
• You are named in a story and want your response considered: Right of Reply.
• A rights, privacy or legal concern: Legal.