Our Editorial Standards

Above all else:

If we ever make a mistake (as all humans inevitably do), we will correct it and if necessary, publish a retraction, as soon as we discover the mistake ourselves or are made aware of it by others.

Whenever possible, we always try to rely predominately (or even exclusively) on primary source material.

This can include (but is not limited to):

• Government records;
• Publicly available financial records;
• Public statements by individuals, companies and other business structures, whether provided orally (including through audio or video) or in written form.
• Documents we have obtained directly ourselves (e.g. through Freedom of Information Requests) or from whistleblowers.
• Whenever information is sourced through whistleblowers, we make all reasonable efforts to independently verify it to the best of our ability prior to publication.
• We protect the confidentiality of our sources to the best of our ability whenever a source asks for confidentiality.

As a general rule, Actionable Truth Media will only publish information that is in the public domain.

The only two exceptions to that are:

1. Information provided by whistleblowers after we have made reasonable efforts to independently verify its authenticity and accuracy; and
2. Information we have been able to source ourselves in a lawful manner and which on the balance of it, the public interest in making such information public exceeds the need or expectation of privacy.

Notwithstanding the above, Actionable Truth Media will NEVER publish:

• Home addresses of individuals;
• Private phone numbers; and
• Names or photos of family members that are not in the public domain.

Whenever we publish an investigation which may be construed as presenting any individual or organisation in a negative light, we will make reasonable attempts to contact said individuals or organisations prior to publication, using any publicly available contact details (email addresses, web contact forms or phone numbers) to give them a right of reply prior to publication.

Any reply will be included in the published piece as-is and without any edits.

If no response is provided prior to an article or podcast episode going live, we will publish the investigation without a reply. However, if a reply is provided at any time after publication, we will add it to the article or podcast show notes as-is and without any edits.

We do reserve the right though to add our own commentary on the reply provided, whether prior or after publication.

All the sourcing, collation and verification of our investigations is a 100% human effort.

We may use AI for generating translations/subtitles when we come across information that is in a language that none of us are fluent in.

This includes header images for our articles and thumbnails for our videos and podcast episodes.

This is not expected to change any time soon but if it ever does, we will update this page accordingly and also send an email to our subscribers to advise them of this change.