Glossary
What is a receipt?
A receipt is the link under a line in a brief, pointing to the exact place the claim was made, the second of a recording or the paragraph of a post, so a reader can check the line instead of trusting it.
Updated 19 September 2026
What does a receipt look like?
For audio and video, a timestamp that opens the recording at the sentence in question. For a post or a newsletter, the paragraph. For a release feed, the dated entry. It is always a public link: anyone you forward the line to can open it without an account.
Why does every line need a receipt?
A summary with no source asks to be trusted, and a reader with a client or a board to answer to cannot pass that trust on. With the receipt, the line is a pointer to evidence rather than a claim in its own right: if the summary is wrong, the link shows it.
Is a receipt proof that the claim is true?
It is proof that the claim was made, by that person, in that place. Whether the claim is right is a separate question, and the honest answer is often that nobody knows yet. That is why a brief also shows when independent sources agree, and says that agreement is not accuracy either.