Editorial Policy | Times of Pol

Last updated: March 2026

This policy explains how Times of Pol produces, reviews and maintains its content. We publish these standards openly so readers understand exactly how our guides are created and held to account.

Our mission

We exist to help readers understand world politics clearly and practically. Every guide is written to be evergreen, accurate, and genuinely useful, cutting through jargon and hype.

How we create content

Each guide is researched against reliable, established sources and drafted to explain fundamentals, real-world application, and honest trade-offs rather than shortcuts. Our editorial team reviews each guide for clarity, accuracy and usefulness before publication.

Independence

Our editorial decisions are made independently. Advertising and affiliate relationships never influence the substance of our guidance.

Updates

We revisit and update material as best practices evolve so it stays accurate and relevant over time.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Reach us via our contact page.

Explainers, not news reporting

Everything published on Times of Pol is an explainer or background guide. We do not run a newsroom, we do not employ reporters or correspondents, we do not conduct interviews, and we do not publish breaking news, live updates, or exclusive claims. We label our content this way deliberately so readers never mistake a background guide for original reporting.

If we were ever to publish opinion or argument rather than explanation, it would be clearly marked as such on the page itself. At present we publish no opinion or editorial content.

Political neutrality

Times of Pol has no party affiliation, no campaign funding, and no political sponsor. Our guides explain mechanisms and arguments; they do not endorse parties, candidates or causes.

When we describe a disputed question, we attribute positions to whoever holds them rather than stating them as settled fact, and we say plainly where the evidence is contested or thin. We do not manufacture false balance: if one position is far better supported by evidence than another, we say so rather than presenting the two as equivalent.

Sourcing and claims

Our guides describe generally accepted, well-documented features of political systems. We avoid publishing time-sensitive factual claims about ongoing events, election results, conflicts or negotiations, because we are not equipped to verify them to a reporting standard. Where a guide names a specific institution, law or figure, we name it precisely so readers can check it against the primary source themselves.

We do not use quotation marks unless we are reproducing wording we can verify. We do not reconstruct quotes from memory, and we do not attribute statements to unnamed officials or sources.

Dates

Publication and update dates on this site reflect when the page was actually written or substantively revised. We do not refresh dates automatically and we do not backdate content.