Every fact check is a team play with several eyes looking at the same story to avoid the risk of any individual point of view finding its place in the story.
Objective and fair journalism is BOOM’s goal. So while BOOM recognises that every team member will have their own political views, there is a clear and mandatory requirement to be objective and independent while writing a fact check story. Personal biases are weeded out of every story through a clearly laid down process (Please see methodology section) that only looks at the hard facts available. Every fact check is a team play with several eyes looking at the same story to avoid the risk of any individual point of view finding its place in the story. Team members are not allowed to affiliate with any political party or advocacy organisation to avoid any potential conflict of interest.
Following activities are not allowed for employees of Outcue Media pvt ltd:
Campaigning for any political party
Soliciting employees to cast or not cast vote(s) at the time of any elections
Wearing badges, buttons, or attire which communicates any form of political views
Sharing of political literature in print, digital or any other form
Use of company equipment for printing, copying or communicating political literature or views in any form
attending protests or forcing person(s) to protest for or against a political cause
Influencing employees to
register or vote for a political party
refrain from registering or voting for a political party
register or vote in any particular manner
contribute or refrain others from contributing to any candidate, political party or political committee
render or refrain others from rendering services to any candidate, political party or political committee
challenge or refrain from challenging a person offering to vote
apply or refrain from applying for an absentee ballot
sign or refrain from signing a prospective petition or an initiative, referendum, recall or candidate nominating petition
coerce person (s) to support or not support a referendum
threat or effort to intimidate persons with respect to whether and how they choose to vote
take any other action which forces or prohibits the person from exercising rights as a citizen of India
