Filthy mouth.
Clean receipts.
The swearing is a style choice. The facts are not. This is how we keep those two from fucking each other up.
Sourcing
- Every factual claim in a story has to trace back to something you can check: a court filing, an official record, a published report, a company statement, or an on-the-record public post. Those links sit in the Sources list at the bottom of each story.
- We prefer the original document over somebody's summary of it. If a claim only exists second-hand, we say who said it.
- We do not invent quotes, events, numbers or source links. A joke built on a fake fact is just a lie with a punchline, and lying is for press secretaries.
- Allegations stay allegations. Charged is not convicted, accused is not guilty, and a filthy headline does not get to skip that distinction.
- Posts on X and other platforms are leads, not proof. We check wider claims before repeating them and credit the account that said it.
- Same evidence bar for everybody. Left, right, rich, powerful, our friends, your friends. Nobody gets graded on a curve.
Facts first, then the take
- Our stories are commentary built on reported facts, and they are labeled Commentary. The facts come first and stay checkable. The opinion, the mockery and the swearing are ours, and they are aimed at what someone did.
- Headlines can be crude. They cannot be false.
- Images show the actual subject, carry an honest credit, and get a literal description. If we cannot find the right picture, we run no picture rather than a misleading one.
- "Offensive News" on the byline means the desk as a whole stands behind the story.
Ethics
- We punch at conduct: the scam, the lie, the cowardice, the abuse of power. Race, religion, disability, sex, sexuality and other protected traits are not punchlines. Beliefs, public statements and institutions are fair game.
- No threats, no harassment campaigns, no publishing private people's personal details.
- We have no party line, no donor class and no team to protect. Nobody pays to get a story run, killed or softened.
Corrections
When we get a fact wrong, we fix it in the story and add a dated correction note that says what changed. We do not quietly scrub mistakes. Stories that change after publication show an Updated time. The full policy is on the corrections page.
Last updated October 21, 2026.