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Sources and Transparency

1. How Media News is created, sourced and reviewed.

  • Media News is published by Retriever Media Informatie B.V. It publishes concise, factual summaries based on identifiable primary sources. Every published news item includes source information, is reviewed by a Retriever editor before publication, and displays a review status where applicable.
  • Our aim is simple: every news item should be traceable to its original sources.

2. What you can expect from every news item

2.1 Origin

Every published news item identifies the primary source or sources on which it is based.

2.2 Responsibility

Retriever Media Informatie B.V. is editorially responsible for every published Media News item.

2.3 Process

We explain how every news item is created, reviewed and, where necessary, corrected.

3. How a news item is created

  • Every news item is based on one or more identifiable primary sources.
  • News items may be prepared with the support of automated tools. Every item is reviewed and approved by a Retriever editor before publication.
  • No news item is published without at least one identified primary source and editorial review.

4. Editorial independence

  • Retriever independently decides which news items to publish and how they are summarised.
  • Where appropriate, organisations may be invited to review a summary for factual accuracy before or after publication. Such a review is limited to identifying factual inaccuracies. It does not give the organisation editorial control over the article and does not allow it to approve, block or rewrite a publication.
  • Editorial responsibility always remains with Retriever.

5. Understanding the review status

Some news items display a review status. This provides additional transparency about whether the organisation concerned has reviewed, or has been invited to review, the summary.

5.1 Reviewed by the organisation concerned

  • The named organisation has reviewed the summary against the cited sources and confirmed that, in its view, the summary accurately reflects those sources.
  • The organisation's name and the review date are always displayed.
  • A review by the organisation concerned is a factual review only. It does not mean that the organisation wrote, approved or endorses the article.

5.2 Review requested

  • Retriever has invited the organisation concerned to review the summary for factual accuracy.
  • The displayed date indicates when the review request was sent.

5.3 No review status displayed

  • Most news items do not display a review status.
  • Many news items are based on primary sources for which a review by the organisation concerned would add little or no value, or for which no appropriate organisation exists to carry out such a review. Examples include official decisions, information maintained directly by Retriever, or other sources that do not originate from a media organisation.
  • The absence of a review status should not be interpreted as a statement about reliability. Every published news item follows the same editorial process and always identifies its primary sources.

6. What a review by the organisation concerned is - and is not

  • A review by the organisation concerned is not an independent fact-check.
  • When an organisation reviews a summary of its own announcement or publication, it confirms whether the summary accurately reflects the cited source. This does not make the underlying facts any more or less accurate.
  • The value of a review by the organisation concerned lies in providing an additional factual check by the organisation that published the original information, while preserving Retriever's editorial independence.

7. Our sources

Every news item is based on one or more identifiable primary sources. Depending on the subject, these may include:

  • official press releases;
  • announcements published on the official website of the media organisation or another relevant organisation;
  • newsletters published by the organisation itself;
  • official LinkedIn posts published by media organisations or other relevant organisations;
  • publications or decisions issued by public authorities, regulators or courts;
  • information provided directly to Retriever by a media organisation or another relevant organisation;
  • information maintained in the Retriever media database.

Where a news item relies on information maintained in the Retriever media database or on Retriever's own editorial observations, this is explicitly identified in the source information.

Where available, source references include a stable reference (for example, Press Release 26/2026) so they remain meaningful even if a web link later changes or disappears. Where a stable public link is available, we provide a link to the original document.

8. Corrections

  • If a factual error is identified after publication, Retriever corrects it as soon as reasonably practicable.
  • Corrections are recorded on the article itself, together with the date of the correction and a description of what was changed.
  • Corrections are never made without informing readers.

9. Questions or corrections

If your organisation is mentioned in a Media News item and you believe it contains a factual inaccuracy, or if you would like to request a factual review, please contact us at news@retriever.nl.

Readers with questions about this page or about a specific news item are welcome to use the same address.

Last updated: July 2026