Accuracy is a condition of trust at CEO News Network. This policy explains what counts as a correction, how to submit one, how the desk assesses it and how significant changes are shown to readers. It applies to news articles, headlines, captions, graphics, video descriptions, author pages and other editorial material published on this domain.
What should be corrected
A correction is appropriate when we have published a materially wrong name, date, number, quotation, title, location, chronology, identification, translation, attribution or conclusion, or when a misleading headline, image or caption creates a materially wrong impression. Minor typographical errors that do not affect meaning may be fixed without a formal note. New information that develops after publication is ordinarily handled as an update; it becomes a correction when the original statement was wrong on the information reasonably available or was presented with unjustified certainty.
How to request a correction
Use the Contact page under “Correction or update” and include the article headline, exact URL, passage in question, what you believe is wrong, the correct information and a source that can be inspected. A primary document, official record or direct statement is more useful than another opinion about the article. If you are asking for a change because you are the subject of a story, say so; that does not disqualify the request, but it helps the desk understand the record needed.
How the desk decides
An editor or authorised desk member compares the complaint with the article, source material, publication time and any later record. We may contact the requester for clarification or seek comment from an affected party. Agreement that a subject dislikes a truthful story is not itself a basis for correction. Where the facts are contested, we may add attribution, context or a response rather than replace one unsupported assertion with another. If the original publication breached policy or created a serious risk, it may be amended, labelled, removed or replaced according to the circumstances and legal advice.
How corrections are displayed
A significant correction should be visible in or clearly linked from the affected article, state what was changed in plain language and avoid quietly rewriting history. Updated stories may carry an updated time or note identifying the new material. A correction on this page or in a social post does not substitute for correcting the article itself where readers continue to encounter it. If an article is removed for legal, safety or severe accuracy reasons, we may leave an explanatory notice at the URL when doing so is responsible and lawful.
Response time and outcomes
We aim to acknowledge a specific correction request promptly and to resolve urgent safety or legal errors as quickly as verification permits. Complex requests can take longer because an editor must inspect records rather than simply accept the newest assertion. Possible outcomes are: no change, clarification, added context, a response from an affected party, an update, a formal correction, or removal. The requester may be told the outcome, but the public correction belongs with the article.
Corrections are not a route to rewrite history
Public figures and institutions sometimes ask that accurate reporting be removed because the political or commercial climate has changed. Historical articles are not ordinarily deleted merely because they have become inconvenient. We may annotate or update them when later events affect their meaning. Requests based on privacy, safety, court orders, mistaken identity or a serious factual error receive individual assessment under applicable law.