Jaitrends publishes summaries of trending topics that are compiled automatically from published news reporting, then checked against those reports before they go live. This page explains exactly how that works, because you should know what you are reading and how much weight to give it.
Where our topics come from
We watch what people are actually searching for and discussing, using Google Trends’ public trending feeds and public discussion activity on Reddit. A topic being popular is what puts it on our list. It is not, by itself, a reason for us to publish anything about it.
How an article is written
Once a topic is selected, we gather published reporting about it from established news outlets. We only proceed if we can find at least two independent reports from different publishers, each substantial enough to actually source from. If we cannot, we do not write the article.
The article is then drafted from those source reports and nothing else. The system that drafts it is given the source texts and is instructed not to introduce any fact that is not in them. Where something is unknown, it is left out rather than filled in.
How an article is checked
Every draft goes through a separate verification pass before it can be published. That pass compares the draft against the original source reports and checks three things specifically:
- Claims. Every factual statement must be supported by one of the sources.
- Quotations. Every quoted passage must appear in a source, word for word. An invented quote fails the article outright.
- Numbers. Every figure, date, count and statistic must match a source.
An article is only published automatically if it passes all three cleanly. Anything else is held back for a person to review.
What we always hold for human review
Some subjects are never published automatically, no matter how clean the verification comes back. These are held for a person to read first:
- Deaths, accidents, disasters and violence
- Ongoing criminal cases and legal proceedings
- Elections and party politics
- Anything that reads as medical, financial or legal advice
- Anything centring on a private individual or a child
- Unconfirmed or rumoured claims, and fast-moving “breaking” stories that established outlets have not yet corroborated
When we are unsure which side of that line a topic falls on, we treat it as needing review.
Sourcing and attribution
Every article lists its sources at the bottom, with links to the original reporting. Where a claim is specific or consequential, we attribute it in the text to the outlet that reported it. We are summarising other people’s journalism, and we would rather send you to it than stand between you and it.
We do not conduct original reporting, we do not have reporters in the field, and we do not have independent knowledge of the events we describe. If our summary and the original report disagree, the original report is right.
Automation and human oversight
Articles are compiled and checked by software. A person reviews the daily output, reviews everything the checks held back, and can stop automatic publishing entirely at any time. Articles carry the byline “Jaitrends News Desk”, which is the name of this process rather than an individual writer.
We are telling you this plainly because a reader deserves to know how a page was made. It also keeps us honest: a process described in public is one we have to actually follow.
Corrections
We would genuinely rather be corrected than be wrong. If you spot an error, or if you are the subject of something we have published and it is inaccurate, email [email protected] with the article link and what is wrong. We will check it against the sources and correct or remove the article. Corrected articles carry an updated timestamp.
If an article should never have been published at all, we will take it down rather than quietly patch it.
Advertising and affiliate disclosure
Where an article contains advertising or affiliate links, that is disclosed on the article itself. Commercial arrangements never determine what we cover or how a topic is framed.