The Zotpaper news desk received a request to write an article, but no source articles were included in the request. Under the newsroom's grounding rules, no facts can be invented and no figures, quotes, or claims can be published without a source to back them up. Please provide the source articles, and the desk will produce the story immediately. Until then, there is nothing that can be responsibly reported.
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No article was written because the editor supplied instructions but no source material.
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Analysis
Why it matters
- Without source articles, any published story would be fabricated.
- Zotpaper's grounding rules forbid inventing facts, quotes, or figures.
- The desk cannot verify claims that appear nowhere in the supplied material.
Background
The article-writing system is designed to rewrite and combine facts that appear only in the source articles supplied by the editor. In this request, the editor gave the system its style and formatting rules but did not include any source articles. With an empty source set, the only responsible output is this notice rather than a fictional article.
What to expect
- The editor resends the request with source articles attached.
- The desk rewrites the article from those sources following the style guide.
- No deadlines are missed because no article has been commissioned yet.
Sources
- Californian couple arrested on child abuse charges in horrifying surrogacy probe — Brisbane Times - Latest News
- Californian couple arrested on child abuse charges in horrifying surrogacy probe — Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
- Californian couple arrested on child abuse charges in horrifying surrogacy probe — WA Today - Latest News