Editorial Policy

Last updated: September 13, 2026

Principles

• Accuracy over speed. A briefing that is late is better than one that is wrong.
• Attribution. Every briefing names the outlets it drew on and links to them. Facts reported by only one outlet are attributed to that outlet.
• No opinion. Briefings describe what happened and what others are saying. They do not take positions.
• Transparency about AI. We say exactly where AI tools are used and where they are not.

Story selection

Candidate stories come from major news wires and outlets across eight categories. Editors set the sources we monitor and can add, remove, or unpublish any story. Stories from a single unverifiable source, press releases, and sponsored content are not published as news.

How we use AI

We use large language models to draft briefings from source material we provide. The model is given the primary report, up to three other outlets covering the same story, and related briefings from our archive. It is instructed to:

• write in its own words and never copy sentences from a source;
• synthesize across sources and note where they disagree, naming the outlets;
• attribute facts that appear in only one source;
• use archive material only as background, never as a new development;
• include no opinion and invent no detail that is not in the sources.

AI tools are not used to:

• decide which stories are important enough for the Daily Briefing;
• write editor's notes or the Daily Briefing, which are human-written;
• respond to corrections or takedown requests.

Every article page states that it was produced with AI assistance and lists the sources it was built from.

Editorial review

Briefings are published under the tl;dr Editorial Team byline. Editors review published briefings, add editor's notes where a story needs context the sources did not provide, and unpublish anything that fails our standards. Briefings that do not meet a minimum depth (roughly 250 words of original background and analysis across multiple sources) are excluded from search engines and sitemaps so they cannot be mistaken for full coverage.

Sourcing and credit

We link to every outlet consulted for a briefing, both in the body and in the structured data search engines read. Images are used with attribution to the outlet that published them. Publishers who prefer not to be included can use the content takedown form; requests are reviewed by a person, usually within two business days.

Corrections

If we get something wrong we fix it, and we say that we fixed it. Corrected briefings carry an editor's note describing the change. Material errors are corrected as soon as they are confirmed; minor errors (typos, formatting) are fixed without a note.

To report an error, use the contact form and choose "Report an error", or email [email protected] with a link to the page.

Independence and funding

tl;dr daily news is independent and is not owned by, or affiliated with, any outlet it cites. The site is funded by advertising. Advertisers have no influence over which stories we cover or how we cover them, and ads are always labeled as ads.

Privacy

How we handle reader data is described in our privacy policy.