Newsroom notes
How the site itself gets better.
Transparency shouldn't stop at the checks. This is the public log of changes to The Baseline itself — features, fixes, and editorial infrastructure. For corrections to published checks, see the corrections log.
September 1, 2026
The desk in August 2026 — 0 checks published; 10 drafts left for the editor; 759 leads ingested; 117 social posts archived. Counted from the published record on the first of the month.
July 3, 2026
- The record reaches 18 checks — named claims from the President, Senate Democrats, and a cabinet official, held to one standard.
- Episode 3 of the Brief covers all nine new checks, with the full transcript published.
- Sitewide polish wave: sticky navigation, this notes page, loading states, copy-a-post buttons, and structured data for search engines.
July 2, 2026
- The record grows to 14 published checks across a dozen topics, with verdicts on both sides of the aisle.
- The Baseline Brief launches: Episodes 1 and 2 with full transcripts, an open RSS feed, and a homepage player.
- Press kit published at /brand. Verdict legend, reading times, related checks, and prev/next navigation added.
- News ingest now runs twice daily. Editor drafts automatically carry their source article as citation #1.
July 1, 2026
- The Baseline publishes its first real fact-checks — war powers, foreign aid, debt interest.
- All demonstration content retired or clearly labeled; trackers switch to the real published record.
- Homepage stat band added with live counts from the database.
June 2026
- The Baseline is built: methodology, verdict scale, corrections policy, transparency pledge, roster, and the editor pipeline.