Strong enough to state.
Matched by trusted public sources, official records, or multiple reliable outlets.
Editorial standards
Facts, claims and uncertainty stay separate.
Outside Brief is built around visible confidence labels. The reader should always know whether we are stating something, attributing it, disputing it, or holding it back as unclear.
Proof labels
The label comes before the headline.
Attributed, not owned.
A named outlet or organisation says it. Outside Brief has not treated it as settled fact.
Important, but held back.
Circulating online or in social feeds. We explain why it is not confirmed.
Sources disagree.
Conflicting claims are shown side by side, with no false certainty.
Context, not breaking news.
Timelines, explainers and basic facts that help a reader catch up quickly.
Visible fixes.
When something changes or needs fixing, the correction stays visible.
We do not publish
Operational details that could create risk.
- Live protest locations or tactical instructions.
- Calls for violence, praise for attacks or support for armed groups.
- Private names in high-risk places unless already safely and widely reported.
- Anonymous claims in the first version.
Reader line
Speed does not outrank evidence.
Outside Brief can move quickly, but stories still need named sources, clear attribution and visible uncertainty where the evidence is thin.
No comments or user uploads are planned at launch, which keeps the first site simpler and safer.