When Sources Disagree
How Intel Desk handles contradictions, reversals, and partially confirmed stories. The claim-status ladder and a live count of contested clusters.
Events do not arrive cleanly. Intel Desk tags every cluster with a claim status ranging from VERIFIED to CONTRADICTED. Contradictions force a downgrade and flag the affected cluster in the live wire. This page shows the rules and a live count by status.
The claim-status ladder
Clusters graduate from UNVERIFIED → DEVELOPING → AMPLIFIED → VERIFIED. A contradiction forces a downgrade to CONTRADICTED and flags the cluster in the live wire.
Active clusters
11
Verified
0
Developing
0
Amplified
0
Unverified
0
Contradicted
0
Source corroboration rule
Minimum independent sources before an alert fires: 2. Contradictions published openly; see the public scorecard for hit rate and biggest misses.