From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle.

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to a special Friday edition of the Tangle podcast.

I am your host, Isaac Saul, Tangles Executive Editor.

Today is Friday, March 20th.

And today we are updating our editorial policy, and we're also announcing a comment moderation policy and some changes to our

overall newsletter and podcast on the editorial side some small stuff nothing too big and crazy though

the comment moderation policy and some of the editorial standards i think are actually pretty

important so before we jump into what exactly is happening i want to start with just policy and some of the editorial standards, I think, are actually pretty important.

So before we jump into what exactly is happening, I want to start with just explaining some

background here. One of my primary goals with Tangle is to build the most trusted political

news outlet in the world. That's part of why I started this. To the most important ways that we're working toward that

goal are maintaining trust with our audience by responding to their feedback and being transparent

and creating a special place for our community to interact, debate, and learn from each other.

So today we're making a series of announcements in service of those two

objectives. First, we're making several updates to our editorial guidelines. This is the first time

we've done so since 2023. As we've learned at Tangle, it is not just what we say, but how we say

it. I don't think any news outlet is thinking harder about the ways in which

we communicate on controversial issues. We are a big tent media organization and we are trying to

win the trust of Americans from across the political spectrum. Language choice and editorial standards

and service of this goal were the subject of my 2024 TED Talk,

and as part of how we continue to evolve

for the widest, most politically diverse audience possible.

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