At KhabarZila.com, accuracy and accountability are the foundations of our journalism. We strive to publish truthful, precise, and verified information. However, because the news cycle is fast-paced, human errors can occasionally occur. When we make a mistake, our policy is to be transparent: we admit the error, correct it promptly, and explain to our readers what was changed.
1. How to Report an Error
We view our readers as partners in maintaining our journalistic integrity. If you spot a factual error, a misspelled name, a misleading headline, or an incorrect timeline anywhere on our website, please let us know immediately.
- Email: khabarzilanews@gmail.com
- What to Include: To help us investigate quickly, please provide the URL of the article, the specific sentence or detail in question, and any supporting evidence or links that verify the correct information. Our editorial team will review the claim and act on it in a timely manner.
2. Our Correction Standards
Not every update requires a formal correction. We categorize our responses to content changes as follows:
- Formal Corrections: Issued when an article contains a material error of fact (such as a wrong date, incorrect statistic, or distorted quote) that changes the context or understanding of the story.
- Clarifications: Added when an article is factually accurate but worded in a way that is ambiguous, misleading, or lacks essential context.
- Minor Updates (Silent Corrections): Typographical errors, minor grammatical slips, or formatting issues that do not alter the facts or meaning of a story will be corrected directly in the text without a formal editor’s note.
- Retractions: In rare instances where an entire story is found to be fundamentally flawed, relies on compromised sources, or fails to meet our core journalistic standards, we will remove the content and publish a detailed explanation detailing why the story was pulled.
3. How We Display Corrections
We do not quietly slip major changes into our articles. When a meaningful correction or clarification is made, we ensure it is visible to our audience:
- The Correction Note: A clear note will be appended to the article, typically at the top or bottom of the page.
- Explicit Details: The note will clearly state the date of the correction, what the original error was, and what the correct information is.
- Headline Errors: If a factual error occurs within an article’s headline, the headline will be updated immediately. We will also pay attention to the URL to ensure the incorrect claim is not preserved in the link structure. The correction note inside the article will explicitly document the headline change.
4. Social Media and External Platforms
Because our news reaches readers across multiple platforms, our corrections follow the content:
- Social Media: If a false or misleading statement is posted to our social media channels (e.g., Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram), we will either delete the incorrect post and immediately issue a corrected post with an explanation, or we will issue a threaded correction update linking back to the corrected article on our website.
- Multimedia: For errors in videos, podcasts, or imagery, a correction will be posted prominently alongside the original content, or the media will be re-uploaded with the correction, depending on the platform and severity of the error.
5. Internal Review
Every significant correction triggers an internal review by our editorial leadership. We treat errors as teachable moments and evaluate the breakdown in our fact-checking process to find ways to stop them from happening again.
