Thank you for sharing your views with us. For ThePrint, this conversation between readers and Team Print is essential to keep the communication channels open for us to know what you think about what we do.News agency articles are auto-published
In the past few months, ThePrint has received a variety of requests regarding published content. All of them were addressed immediately.Let me first admit an error in my Readers’ Editor article from April 2026. I incorrectly mentioned that constituencies in the North 24 Parganas district voted in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.A reader correctly wrote in to say North 24 Parganas voted in the second and final phase of polling on 29 April.The error is regretted. I thanked the reader for his vigilance.In several cases, reports by news agencies PTI and ANI have been flagged for reported inaccuracies.I need to explain that ThePrint subscribes to auto-generated news from these agencies. This is a common practice for most news outlets, including print, broadcast and digital. ThePrint has no editorial role here.News agencies share quick, breaking news from across India and the world, 24×7 and the stories are automatically published on ThePrint website.This automatic process allows us to give readers the news as it happens and help them keep up with the latest developments.However, the volume of reports in each day’s news cycle is very high. It is impossible for ThePrint’s editorial team to read and vet each news item for accuracy.Readers who have concerns about news agency copy published on ThePrint often write to us. In such cases, we refer them to PTI or ANI for further action.In some cases, we have contacted the concerned agency to seek a clarification on the reader’s behalf. When necessary, we have made the necessary corrections after verifying the facts.We recognise that because the news agency reports appear on ThePrint website, we have to be responsive — and be seen to act on these issues.Reports published by ThePrint on legal cases sometimes require modification after the matter has been settled in court. Again, we have always responded positively and, when necessary, made the required changes. We do so out of a sense of fairness after ascertaining the legal facts.We also have readers who strongly disagree with the views expressed in our opinion pieces. We often share these with the opinion writers for responses, which we pass on to the reader.We have had several requests for anonymity, some of which we have honoured in order to protect the concerned individual.In another instance, an offensive advertisement caught the eye of one reader. We agreed that it was in poor taste and removed it from the website.Lastly, one intrepid reader alerted us to a possible copyright issue: he believed ThePrint’s articles are being reprinted elsewhere without our consent. We are now investigating this.
