MTO News publishes a permanent, dated record of every substantive correction. Journalism that never admits error is not more accurate — it is only less honest about the errors it contains. This page explains how the process works and holds the log itself.
How to request a correction
Write to us through the Contact page with three things: the article title, the exact passage you believe is wrong, and the evidence you would like us to consider. Specific requests are resolved far faster than general objections. We aim to acknowledge every correction request within two working days.
How we classify changes
A correction is issued where a material fact was wrong: a figure, a name, a date, an attribution, a legal status, or a claim about what someone said or did. The article is amended, a dated note is appended explaining what changed, and an entry is added below. A clarification is issued where the facts were accurate but the wording could reasonably mislead, or where important context was missing; the article is amended and noted in the same way. A minor edit covers typographical fixes, broken links and formatting, which do not change meaning and are made without a note. An update covers new developments added to a live story, which we timestamp within the article.
What we will not do
We do not delete accurate articles because a subject dislikes them, and we do not remove correctly reported information at the request of a public relations representative. We do not quietly rewrite claims that have already been published and read. Where a legal obligation requires removal, we say that content has been removed and why, to the extent we are permitted to.
Escalation
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of a correction request, you may ask for it to be reviewed by a senior editor who was not involved in the original article or the first decision. Set out why you think the first answer was wrong. We will give a written explanation of the review outcome.
Correction log
No corrections have been issued to date. As entries are added, each will appear here in reverse chronological order, showing the date, the article affected, what was wrong, and what the article now says. We keep entries permanently rather than expiring them, because the value of a correction log is entirely in its completeness.
Standards behind this page
Our approach to accuracy, sourcing, right of reply and the labelling of opinion is set out in full in our Editorial Policy. If a correction reveals a weakness in our process rather than a one-off slip, we change the process and note that we have done so.