Here at the Paliban Daily, we’re working toward becoming one of the leading Web resources on the intersection of religion and politics. We’re not there yet, and hope you want to join us on the way!
Here’s what we’re looking for in your article:
Accurate reporting of facts and quotes.
Spin happens. But there’s a difference between introducing your perspective into how you describe the facts, and making up facts. Keep the facts and quotes from public figures accurate.
References (links are good) for the news stories you’re writing about.
We want our readers to know that we’re telling the truth, and give them the chance to look up the reference themselves. We also don’t want to accidentally plagiarize someone else’s work. Include links to original sources of quotes and statements of fact.
The “Three Sources” rule.
The Paliban Daily isn’t “blogspam”. A post that says, “There’s a cool article at ______” is OK once in a while — it happens when we just don’t have time to provide a proper write-up — but generally we like to take that cool article, reference it, find at least two more sources related to that story, and write an original article on the subject.
Please write on subjects appropriate to the site.
That is a pretty broad range; religion and politics are pretty much all-pervasive. You’ll probably know if you’re off-topic.
Please do not make up satirical stories and post them as “News”.
News is news. Humorous fake news is Humor and Satire. Humorous fake news which puts your scintillating and witty words in the mouths of real people must . . . again, must . . . contain a disclaimer that it is satire or otherwise make it clear that the words come from your imagination. (“If I interviewed Barack Obama today, how would he answer these questions? I think he’d say . . .” is one way to handle it.) If you don’t put a disclaimer in, we will, or we simply won’t publish the story. Lawsuits are bad.
Please control vulgarity.
If you’re directly quoting someone, that’s very different from being vulgar yourself. Let’s keep it clean. This is a work-friendly site.
Please quote the Bible (KJV), Koran, or other Scriptural sources accurately and as needed.
Feel free to cut and paste from any one of the free online searchable Bibles, like www.biblegateway.com and www.bible.com. Our preferred Bible is the King James Version (KJV). It’s the official Bible of the Paliban, and all fundamentalist Christians. Real Christians don’t let their friends read NIV!
Have fun!
