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Atalk.TV standards
# Editorial Policy

Source-first publishing rules for accuracy, attribution, updates and original explanation.

## Source hierarchy

Primary documents, government agencies, court and regulatory material, company statements, research institutions and papers are preferred when they directly establish a claim. Established independent reporting is used for verification and context.

## Independent writing

Atalk.TV does not republish full copyrighted reporting or lightly rewrite another outlet’s article. It extracts facts from multiple sources where possible, adds context and links readers to the original material.

## Depth without filler

A standard full report targets roughly 900–1,500 words of useful rendered editorial material, while major stories can go deeper and breaking reports can begin shorter. Additional length must come from verified facts, chronology, context, uncertainty, reactions and source synthesis — never repetition or padding.

## No synthetic facts

We do not invent people, interviews, quotations, official statements, numerical trend data, search volumes, eyewitness detail, image provenance or publication times.

## Updates over duplicates

When a development belongs to an existing event cluster, the preferred action is to update the story or topic hub rather than publish repetitive pages for the same event.

## Byline and accountability

Leo is the canonical public editorial byline for Atalk.TV. The byline represents responsibility for source-backed synthesis, contextualization, verification, corrections and material updates; it is not used to imply on-scene reporting that did not occur.