Fact-Checking & Source Verification Protocol

How CNN-News18 verifies government data, judicial filings, market numbers, scientific claims, and breaking dispatches prior to publication.

Multi-Tier Pre-Publication Verification

Before any dispatch enters the CNN-News18 wire, the assigning desk executes a four-point verification checklist:

  1. Primary Document Audit: Financial figures, Union Cabinet outlay numbers, RBI auction cut-offs, and Supreme Court directives are cross-checked directly against official notifications, gazettes, and certified orders.
  2. Two-Source Corroboration: Developing news tips are never published from a single unverified social-media post or unnamed forward; independent confirmation from at least two credible institutional sources is mandatory.
  3. Visual & Archival Provenance: Photographs and archival milestone stories carry clear captions; historical retrospective dispatches (2017–2024) explicitly display an archival context banner and cite primary institutional records.
  4. Quantitative Sanity Review: Percentages, currency conversions (₹ crore / USD), and scientific units (GW, km, bps) undergo copy-desk validation before going live.

Flagging a Disputed Claim

Readers and institutions may submit documentary evidence regarding any published figure directly to newsdesk@cnn-news18.in for rapid verification review.