PUBLIC PULSE · SOUTH CAROLINA
Corrections Policy
How Public Pulse handles factual errors, clarifications and updates.
Errors get corrected
Material factual errors should be corrected clearly and promptly. A correction note should explain what was wrong, what is correct and, when useful, when the change was made.
Quiet edits are appropriate for spelling, grammar, formatting, broken links and other changes that do not alter the factual meaning of a story.
Updates are different from corrections
Government stories continue to develop. Adding a later vote, newly released document or response from an agency is an update rather than a correction when the original reporting was accurate at publication.
Request a correction
If you believe a Public Pulse report contains a factual error, use the contact options on our Contact page and identify the story, the statement at issue and the source that supports the correction.
A disagreement with analysis or framing is not automatically a factual correction, but substantive challenges should still be reviewed against the underlying record.