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Chain of custody

A quote attributed to a public figure

Origin: Full transcript

On-air read
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On-air read

A one-word call on whether the circulating version is safe to say on air, judged against the origin:
Accurate — faithful, cleared for air.
Bent — context was lost; add it before using.
Fabricated — not supported by the origin; don't present as fact. It reads the reliability of the final stage.

fabricated

FABRICATED / DISTORTED — do not present as fact

The circulating version is not supported by the origin.

Lineage · origin → circulation
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Reliability grade

Each stage is graded High, Medium, or Low for how faithfully it carries the origin's meaning. The first stage where the grade drops below the one before it is flagged as where distortion entered.

  1. 0Full transcriptOrigin
    High reliability

    “They said X, with a clear qualifier afterward.”

  2. 1Accurate excerpt
    High reliability

    “They said X (qualifier included).”

    What changed: kept the qualifier

  3. Distortion enters here
    2Clipped video
    Medium reliability

    “They said X. (qualifier cut)”

    What changed: removed the qualifier

  4. 3Out-of-context post
    Low reliability

    “They believe X — proof they're extreme!”

    What changed: added motive + implication

Provenance hash-chain
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Tamper-evident

Every stage is fingerprinted (SHA-256) and folds in the previous stage's fingerprint. Change any earlier stage and every later fingerprint changes too — so the chain of custody is tamper-evident. The black window is a read-only audit view.

chain-of-custody.log
$ trace --verify cmr1fa14v000aksxocp9z8i49
[0] Full transcript · high · 4c10d46e21b44e4fdd4c7270…
[1] Accurate excerpt · high · f00892c3f28fcdb945ff36e0…
[2] Clipped video · medium · 5b6226a10ac7989900601800…
[3] Out-of-context post · low · 5748aa8e18eccf45db705553…
status: 4 links chained · tamper-evident

Each link folds in the previous link's hash, so editing any earlier stage changes every hash after it.

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