The editorial method
Imagination is welcome. Fabrication is not.
Select
Choose a specific, consequential financial story—not a vague trend.
Source
Collect primary documents and reliable reporting. Record every source.
Interrogate
Use documented ideas to build disagreement, then flag claims for factual review.
Approve
A human editor checks the script, disclosure, and final media before publication.
What the dialogue means
Historical guests are synthetic portrayals. Their dialogue is newly written. We use biographies, primary works, and reputable scholarship to reflect documented views, but we do not claim that a guest would have reached the exact conclusion in the script.
Living people
Portrayals of living people receive extra review. The show must not suggest participation, consent, endorsement, or a real quotation. Satire and commentary labels must be clear wherever the content appears.
Corrections
When a material error is found, we update the page and its source record. Contact info@thepasthasopinions.com with a correction.