Satire Policy

Infolitico is a comic publication. Stories begin from real public source events, then move into deliberately heightened positive treatment and clearly invented reactions that remain grounded in the source event.

The real event matters. The treatment is intentionally unreal. Source links on story pages are there so readers can separate the underlying public event from the comic editorial layer.

Source events

• Every published story must be attached to a real source event.
• Stories about minors, named crime victims, blocked subjects, and other sensitive categories are rejected before publication.
• Boring civic, procedural, local, business, and policy news is eligible when the comic treatment remains clear and harmless.

Quotes and reactions

• Invented quotations must be unmistakably absurd, not plausible statements a reader could mistake for a real interview or press release.
• We do not fabricate realistic confessions, endorsements, allegations, or commercial claims.
• When a piece mentions a real source event, the linked source remains the factual anchor. Factual claims and statistics should be source-backed; clearly comic reactions or commentary may be invented.

Tone standard

The publication's comic voice is warm, maximal, and absurdly admiring. It is not a license for insults disguised as compliments. Backhanded praise, creepy praise, commercial endorsement framing, and plausible false-light claims are rejected.

Corrections and removals

If a story misses this standard, email retractions@infolitico.com with the URL. We respond within 24 hours and unpublish on request. See Retractions for the short process.