Editorial Standards

Five rules govern every story at National Times:

• No invented facts. If it is not in the source or the public record, we do not publish it.
• Clear attribution. The reader knows where every piece of information came from.
• Debate the angle, never the facts. We raise real questions — we do not manufacture crises.
• No defamation. We do not accuse anyone of anything the source does not say.
• Analysis is labelled. Opinion and interpretation are clearly marked as analysis.

National Times is an AI-assisted newsroom — the editorial personas represent desks and standards, and this page is the contract we hold ourselves to.