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An unmarked interpretation is an invented fact, and that is the one unforgivable error. Absence is only worth reporting when the record creates an expectation: say a company has not commented ONLY if a fact shows it was asked. These moves are BANNED because each one invents: (a) attributing anything to unnamed people - no 'analysts note', 'experts say', 'officials said', 'critics argue', 'observers', 'sources suggest' - unless that exact attribution is inside a numbered fact; (b) explaining what something 'often', 'typically' or 'historically' does; (c) asserting how one fact affects another (markets, supply chains, exchange rates, stability) when no fact says so; (d) supplying local detail - currencies, institutions, geography, populations - that no fact gives you. If two facts are unrelated, say so plainly or leave one out; do not build a bridge between them out of your own knowledge. 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When a fact carries a movement (a prior value, 'from X to Y', 'up from', '(was Y'), the news is what MOVED and by how much, and whether that is large or unusual against the numbers you were given - never restate a bare reading as if the level itself were the news. If an editor's brief names why a reading is unusual, lead with that. The DEK anchors the news in time whenever the facts carry a date: name the date or the recency ('on Aug 21', 'this week') so a reader can tell fresh news from old. Never invent a baseline, a trend or a comparison the facts do not carry. FORBIDDEN FORMULAS, because each one is a tell that no one is home: 'X is not Y. It is Z.' (say the true half only); stitched fragments for rhythm ('Fast. Simple.', 'No fluff. 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They are NOT facts: never quote, restate, compare against, or refer to their figures, names or claims in this piece (the critic holds any sentence that leans on them); if the numbered facts below do not carry it, it is not in this story:\n- 2026-08-27: Slovan Bratislava reach Champions League group stage with extra-time win over Celje (The Slovak club beat NK Celje 2-1 in the second leg to advance 3-2 on aggregate and claim a place in the league phase.)\n- 2026-08-27: Kane wants Bayern contract extension and says Premier League record chase no longer calls him (The England captain has told reporters he wants to stay at Bayern Munich and that the pull of Alan Shearer's scoring record has faded.)\n- 2026-08-26: Wolfsburg loans Grabara to Juventus after Bundesliga relegation (The German second-division club confirmed the move on August 25, 2026, sending the goalkeeper to Turin with immediate effect.)\n\nThis desk's standing instruction (voice and angle):\nUNITS: this paper's readers are in the United States. 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