1. Independent Operation

The Facts Desk (thefactsdesk.com) is an independent news and fact-checking project written and edited by Raushan Kumar. It operates free of external corporate, advertiser, partisan, or governmental influence over story selection or conclusions.

2. Fact-Checking & Verification Methodology

Before publication, every report goes through:

  • Primary documentation first — original documents (government releases, court filings, peer-reviewed studies, regulatory filings) are prioritized over secondary commentary.
  • Independent cross-check — claims and figures are checked against at least one other non-affiliated source.
  • Explicit attribution — every verified article links its sources directly in the "Editorial Sources & Fact-Check References" section at the bottom of the piece.

What "Verified Sourced" Means
An article carries the ✓ Verified Sourced badge only when: (1) it cites at least one primary document, and (2) that document's claim has been checked against a second, independent source. Articles without both are not badged.

3. AI Assistance & Human Verification

We think readers of a fact-checking publication are entitled to know how the words in front of them were produced. Some articles on The Facts Desk are drafted with the assistance of AI tools — typically for first drafts, background summarisation, and structuring research notes.

AI never decides what is true here. The verification steps described in Section 2 are carried out by a human editor against the primary documents themselves, and specifically:

  • Every claim, quote, figure, and date is checked against the primary source document, not against an AI-generated answer.
  • The Verified Sourced badge is never awarded on the basis of AI output. It requires a human to have read the cited primary document and confirmed it against a second, independent source.
  • Any draft assertion that cannot be traced to a real, checkable source is removed rather than published.
  • Editorial responsibility for everything published here rests with The Facts Desk and the named byline, regardless of how a draft was first produced.

We state this plainly rather than claiming perfection: human review catches errors, but no process is flawless. If you find something wrong, our corrections policy in Section 8 applies exactly as it would to any other article.

4. Bylines

Articles are written and fact-checked by Raushan Kumar unless a specific byline states otherwise. Any future guest or contributor byline will carry its own credit and does not represent an institutional position of The Facts Desk.

5. Not Professional Advice

Content here is for general news and informational purposes only:

  • Health & medical reporting does not replace advice from a licensed healthcare professional.
  • Financial & economic coverage is not investment, financial, or legal advice.
  • Legal & statutory reporting is journalism, not legal counsel.

6. Translated Content

Articles may be available through automated translation (Google Translate) into other languages. Translations are machine-generated and have not been independently fact-checked in the target language. The English original is the verified version; if a translated version and the English version conflict, the English version governs.

7. External Hyperlinks

Articles link to external sites and public databases as evidence. Links are checked at the time of writing; we don't control their content or availability afterward.

8. Corrections & Transparency

If a factual error is identified — by a reader or by us — we investigate it against verifiable records, correct the article, and append a timestamped footnote explaining what changed and why.

9. Contact

Corrections: corrections@thefactsdesk.com. General or editorial questions: contact@thefactsdesk.com. Full contact options: Contact page.