The editorial method · Issue 2026-05-10
A daily paper assembled from primary sources — with every editorial decision shown.
Sources
gazettes, press rooms, public sensors
Select
thresholds and windows, all public
Redact
3–5 factual sentences · ca + en
Classify
section, criteria, source bias
Publish
every card, work exposed
No step is hidden. The criteria that admit each fact, the reasoning that places it in a section, and the framing detected in the source — all are printed on the card the reader sees.
§ 01 — What fets. is
A daily paper without wire copy.
A daily newspaper assembled from primary fact sources — official gazettes (BOE, DOGC), institutional press rooms (Generalitat, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Parlament de Catalunya), and public sensors (rail incidents, road traffic, weather alerts, seismic activity). No wire copy. No opinion. No second-hand reporting.
Every fact is condensed by a machine. Every editorial choice we make alongside it — what to publish, which section, what flagged it, why it matters — is visible on the card itself. Click Why this card? on any bulletin and the reasoning opens.
§ 02 — What we do
Six rules, applied mechanically.
- Read the source, not other newspapers.Every fact comes from a primary record. The original URL is on every card.
- Redact briefly.A neutral pass condenses each source into 3–5 factual sentences. Numbers, dates and proper nouns are reproduced verbatim.
- Select by visible rules.Length thresholds, magnitude thresholds, freshness windows, geographic relevance — all deterministic. The rule that admitted each card is printed below it.
- Detect bias in the source.When a press release frames its own actions favourably, we say so: a bias detected badge with the verbatim phrases that flagged it and the actor the framing points toward. The bulletin stays factual; the framing is exposed, not laundered.
- Publish in two languages.Catalan and English, same facts at the same level of detail.
- Show the work.Selection rule, classification reasoning, bias signals, source URL — all on the card.
§ 03 — What we don't do
Seven omissions, on principle.
- We don't write opinion.
- We don't summarise other newspapers.
- We don't publish unsourced claims.
- We don't infer motives, intentions, or public sentiment beyond what the source states.
- We don't use loaded language — no controversial, ambitious, historic.
- We don't launder a press release's framing into our bulletin. We expose it.
- We don't hide editorial decisions behind "newsroom judgment". Every choice is mechanical and visible.
§ 04 — Trust by inspection
Don't take our word for it.
Click Why this card? on any bulletin and you'll see:
- the matched threshold rule and the value that triggered it,
- the classifier's reasoning, in plain language,
- for institutional press releases: the bias score, the verbatim phrases that flagged it, and the entity the framing points toward,
- both languages of the redacted bulletin,
- the primary‑source URL.
If a card doesn't show its work, it doesn't get published.
If a card doesn't show its work, it doesn't get published.