When a published story turns out to be wrong, we fix it and record the change here. A clean log isn't the goal — an honest one is.
Jul 20, 2026
Retracted. A count of vessels transiting a strait is a bare statistic with no delivered intervention behind it, not a constructive development. Published by a filter error, now fixed.
Part of a batch retraction on 2026-07-14 after a triage/critic filter regression let non-constructive items reach the feed. The eligibility firewall (triage v4 + critic v4) was fixed and every published item re-checked; this story was moved off the feed.
172 vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the five days after a US-Iran deal lifted the naval blockade →Jul 20, 2026
Retracted. The release of kidnapping victims is a relief, but returning to the prior state after an atrocity is not a constructive development in our terms. Published by a filter error, now fixed.
Part of a batch retraction on 2026-07-14 after a triage/critic filter regression let non-constructive items reach the feed. The eligibility firewall (triage v4 + critic v4) was fixed and every published item re-checked; this story was moved off the feed.
Kidnapped schoolchildren and teachers in Oriire, Nigeria, released according to officials' statements →Jul 20, 2026
Retracted, and it was miscategorized as “economy.” A transfer of military hardware is outside the scope of constructive news regardless of framing. Published by a filter error, now fixed.
Part of a batch retraction on 2026-07-14 after a triage/critic filter regression let non-constructive items reach the feed. The eligibility firewall (triage v4 + critic v4) was fixed and every published item re-checked; this story was moved off the feed.
US delivers four autonomous sea drones to Philippine Navy at Subic Bay →Jul 20, 2026
Retracted. One person’s recovery from illness, however welcome, is not a constructive development that generalizes beyond the individual. Published by a filter error, now fixed.
Part of a batch retraction on 2026-07-14 after a triage/critic filter regression let non-constructive items reach the feed. The eligibility firewall (triage v4 + critic v4) was fixed and every published item re-checked; this story was moved off the feed.
Jeremy Clarkson says his aggressive prostate cancer is in remission after early detection and surgery →Jul 20, 2026
Retracted. A birth inside a single enclosure is routine programme activity confined to a few animals, below our bar for a constructive development. Published by a filter error, now fixed.
Part of a batch retraction on 2026-07-14 after a triage/critic filter regression let non-constructive items reach the feed. The eligibility firewall (triage v4 + critic v4) was fixed and every published item re-checked; this story was moved off the feed.
Three beaver kits born in Wyre Forest enclosure →Jul 20, 2026
Retracted. Releasing two zoo-bred horses is a genuine, welcome event, but its benefit stops with the individual animals — it does not meet our bar for a constructive development (a result that generalizes or moves a population). It was published by a filter error that has since been fixed.
Part of a batch retraction on 2026-07-14 after a triage/critic filter regression let non-constructive items reach the feed. The eligibility firewall (triage v4 + critic v4) was fixed and every published item re-checked; this story was moved off the feed.
Two Przewalski's horses from a UK zoo are released into the wild in Kazakhstan. →CORRECTIONS ARE PUBLIC
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