How we work
How we choose stories
Relevance — the story directly affects readers' lives, rights, or decisions.
Timeliness — the story fits a specific moment that justifies covering it now.
Systemic impact — priority goes to issues that reveal or influence broader dynamics (geopolitics, technology, democracy, culture) rather than isolated incidents.
How we source
Primary sources come first: official documents, direct statements, published data, rulings, reports.
For any disputed or controversial claim, a minimum of two corroborating, mutually independent sources is required before publication.
Sources are cited inline, with a clickable link, so every reader can verify the claim directly.
How we use artificial intelligence
Research assistance — AI can help locate documents, summarize long sources, or structure preliminary research.
Translation — AI can assist translation between French and English so pieces publish simultaneously in both languages.
Image generation — some illustrative images may be AI-generated.
In every case, human review is applied before publication. AI does not write the analysis and does not replace editorial judgment.
Corrections
Any factual error, whether flagged by a reader or caught internally, is fixed directly in the affected article, dated, and logged publicly.
The full correction history is available on the Corrections page.
Report an error or a tip
To report a factual error, suggest a story, or share a document: write to us via the Contact page.
Our sources
Press agencies
- Agence France-Presse (AFP)
- Reuters
- Associated Press (AP)
- The Canadian Press
- Agence QMI
Institutions and public bodies
- Statistics Canada / Institut de la statistique du Québec
- Québec National Assembly and Parliament of Canada (debates, bills)
- Courts (published rulings, case files)
- International organizations (UN, WHO, NATO, European Union)
- Government communications offices (official releases, notices)
Academic and research sources
- Peer-reviewed journals (via DOI or institutional repositories)
- University research groups (Québec, Canada, international)
- Reports from recognized think tanks, cited with their stated biases
- Open data published by public or academic bodies
Partner outlets and peers
- Other recognized news outlets, cited and explicitly linked
- Independent journalists with a track record of verifiable sourcing
Our verification process
- Collection — every factual claim is tied to an identified primary source from the initial research stage (document, statement, published data).
- Cross-checking — any disputed, sensitive, or surprising claim requires at least two mutually corroborating independent sources before publication.
- Contextualization — figures and quotes are checked against their original context (date, author, framing) to avoid truncated or out-of-context citations.
- Editorial review — systematic human review is applied before publication, including for AI-assisted content (research, translation, image generation).
- Sourced publication — sources are cited inline, with a clickable link, so every reader can verify independently.
- Post-publication follow-up — any error reported (via the Contact page) is reviewed, corrected if warranted, dated, and logged publicly in the corrections history.
Funding
Independent · non-commercial · self-funded
MadMax is an independent, non-commercial, self-funded outlet.
No government subsidy, no external investor, and no third-party ad network funds editorial production. The site does not sell reader data and uses no third-party advertising trackers.
This financial independence also means limited resources: the team is small, and publication frequency and coverage of certain topics reflect that. This is a deliberate choice to preserve editorial independence, not a hidden constraint.