These are the rules the Browns Live Desk, our automated news desk, works by. The WP Post AI team that publishes Browns Live sets them, monitors the stories the desk publishes and corrects errors.
What we cover
News about the Cleveland Browns: signings, trades and releases, injuries, coaching decisions, game previews and results, press conferences, and credible reports about the team. We skip betting and fantasy advice, photo galleries, mailbags, and stories that are only someone’s opinion with no news behind them.
Where facts come from
- Every fact in a story comes from a published source, and the story links to it: the team’s official site and press-conference transcripts, the NFL, and established news outlets.
- A report from a single outlet is attributed to that outlet and described as a report until it is confirmed.
- Quotes come from published transcripts or reports, and the story links to where they appeared.
- The desk does not do original interviews or attend events. When a story needs reporting nobody has published yet, we wait for it.
How stories are checked
Before a story is published, automated checks compare its claims with the sources it cites. A story with claims its sources don’t support is held back as a draft instead of being published. These checks are software, and they can miss things, so we rely on readers too: see Corrections.
Analysis
Some stories end with a short line about what the news means for the Browns. That is the desk’s reading of the reported facts, and it is never presented as reporting.
Headlines and images
- Headlines say what happened. We don’t hold back the main fact to get a click.
- Photos come from Wikimedia Commons and other openly licensed sources, with credit. When there is no suitable photo, we use an illustration made with AI, labeled “AI-generated image”, and we never present it as a photo of a real event.
Dates and updates
Every story shows when it was published. When a story changes in a way that matters to readers, it also shows when it was updated. We don’t change dates for small edits or to make a story look newer.
Independence
Browns Live is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Cleveland Browns or the NFL. Nobody pays us to cover a story or to link to a site, and we don’t run sponsored content.
Questions
Write to team@wppostai.com.