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Sunday Times Accuracy Check

This document appears to be a fact-checking form used by a newspaper to verify the accuracy of news reports. It includes sections to check names, figures, dates, facts and quotations against sources and notes. Reporters and editors must confirm the story is accurate, fair to all parties involved, legally sound, and that all primary sources were contacted or efforts were made to do so. Feedback is also requested on the usefulness of the form and ways it could be improved.

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Sunday Times Accuracy Check

This document appears to be a fact-checking form used by a newspaper to verify the accuracy of news reports. It includes sections to check names, figures, dates, facts and quotations against sources and notes. Reporters and editors must confirm the story is accurate, fair to all parties involved, legally sound, and that all primary sources were contacted or efforts were made to do so. Feedback is also requested on the usefulness of the form and ways it could be improved.

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SUNDAY TIMES ACCURACY CHECK ON REPORT REPORTER NEWS EDITOR CHECKER SLUG SYNOPSIS OF STORY BACKGROUND How did

the report originate? Prime source and telephone number/address. Other people contacted and telephone numbers/address. CHECKLIST Are all names correct and spelt correctly? Are all figures and percentages correct? Are all dates and ages correct? Are all facts correct? (Are there two sources?) Are quotations correct (check against notebook)? CONTENT Are you satisfied that the story is accurate? Are you satisfied that it is angled correctly? Are you satisfied that it is fair to all parties? Did you contact all parties involved? If not, what steps did you take to contact them? LEGALS What legal problems do you foresee? Were you threatened with legal action? Does this report need to be checked by lawyers? ADDITIONAL CHECKING Do you object to us contacting your source for checking? Do you object to them receiving a questionnaire? SIGNED REPORTER CHECKER DATE Did you find this form helpful? What suggestions do you have to improve it?

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