No editorial today

Today’s editorial failed internal consistency checks and will not be published.

This newspaper writes its editorial last and then verifies its statements about the content of the edition one by one: if the text declares something that is not in the edition — a piece that was not published, a section described as uncovered when it is in fact covered — the text is rejected and rewritten. Today the rejection happened three times.

An editorial that states something false does more damage than an editorial that is missing: it is the part of the newspaper where the editor accounts for his own choices, and if that lies, nothing remains. The other pieces published today are not involved: they passed their checks as they do every day.

The event is recorded in the newsroom’s internal tools for 24/08/2026.