# Oracle News — Source Policy (v0)

Journalistic integrity and source quality first. Model/ring overlays come later only if needed.

## Roles (not brand scores)

| Code | Role | Use |
|------|------|-----|
| A | Record | Filings, statutes, regs, FOIA, transcripts, agency datasets, gazettes |
| B | Named primary speech | Official accounts, on-record statements by parties to the event |
| C | Witness / UGC | X, Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube eyewitness |
| D | Independent analysis | Investigators / academics / Substacks with methods and links |
| E | Establishment report | Wires and outlets — often carry A/B; also frame and omit |
| F | Roundup / portal | Google News topics, Wikipedia current-events, assembly digests — **never a page root** |

## Three weights per citation

1. **Artifact** — strength of the thing itself (PDF filing > screenshot of a screenshot).
2. **Claim** — how far this citation may carry a truth-claim.
3. **Independence** — how many independent channels support the same atomic claim (echo ≠ independence).

## Establishment rule

Quote the record they preserve; label the story they sell.  
If an E piece points at an A document, promote A to the spine and keep E as handling/commentary.

## Public rule

Public platforms are tip and witness. They enter early as signals. They become spine only after provenance (original? who? when? where?) plus corroboration — or they stay on the page as disputed / unverified witness.

## Page must show

- What is **established**, **disputed**, and **unknown**
- Who wrote the record, what was kept back or later released, what is only claimed
- Named sources (no floating “critics say” / “studies show”)
- Revision history and reviewer steers

## Language

Do not close questions with “debunked,” “misinformation,” or “conspiracy theory” in our voice unless quoting someone who used those words.