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Newsrooms using models need a source-handling rule, not another chatbot
Prompt logs, leaked drafts and poisoned RSS items are now editorial risks.
Key takeaways
- Never put secrets or unpublished allegations into a prompt.
- RSS and web collectors should hash content and skip unchanged items.
- Tier C sources may start research; they cannot finish it.
The new leak surface
Treat model prompts like email: if it should not be in a court file, it should not be in a prompt.
Fact-checking is a gate
Unsupported material claims block publication. That is slower than posting a rewrite of someone else’s story. It is also the only way this site stays a publication instead of a mill.