Journalistic Standards and Practices
IV. PRODUCTION STANDARDS
C: ONLINE POLICIES
4. ARCHIVES
Online systems allow long-term preservation and presentation of every news item. To make sure that news items retrieved from archives can be understood in their context, archived news must include the date of last revision.
The technology allows corrections to be made at any time. Archived stories normally reflect the facts known at the time the stories were written. Indeed part of the value of archives is to represent the perceived reality of a time in the past, even though the CBC might later find that some parts of the original story were mistaken. Deciding whether a given story needs to be fixed or if a new story, telling the true facts, should be made available requires a case-by-case analysis by editorial management.
If it is found that an archived news item includes an error, the provisions of the policy on Corrections (IV.B.10.) of CBC Journalistic Standards and Practices will apply.
Any corrections placed in archives must include the date the correction was filed. Corrections should, where possible, be linked to or appear with the item being corrected.
Online archive information can also raise legal issues particular to this form of communication. CBC employees may obtain a summary and interpretation of the applicable law from the CBC Law Department.
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