The internal rule is simple:
Know enough to explain it. Check enough to trust it. Stop when the reader is satisfied.
These standards are how that rule shows up on the page.
What a piece is for
A Zazzafras article should tell you what the subject is, why it is in front of you, what the reliable evidence supports, what it means for an ordinary person, and what you can safely ignore.
It is not a wire story, a research paper, or a dump of every fact we found. If the useful answer fits in three minutes, the piece stops there.
Facts, judgment, and opinion
We separate three things:
- Fact — something we can point to a source for
- Inference — a reasonable reading of those facts, labeled as such when it matters
- Opinion — what we think you should do, or ignore
We do not dress a guess up as a number. If a figure is not published yet, we leave it blank and tell you when it should appear.
Where the facts come from
Material claims — prices, menus, eligibility rules, outages, product behavior, dates — come from primary or highly reliable sources: the company, the agency, the official form, the device in front of us.
A post on X, a group chat, or a viral video can tell us people are asking. It cannot confirm that the thing happened. We say who is reporting and what is official.
When two good sources disagree, we say so and tell you how to check on your own phone, plan, or tax form.
Money, benefits, health, and the law
Some of our most useful pieces are also the easiest to get wrong: taxes, Medicare, benefits, fees, safety.
Those pages are information, not advice. They do not tell you which plan to buy, which form to file, or what your doctor should do. When the right move depends on your situation, we point you to the official tool or a real counselor — for Medicare, that is often shiphelp.org or 1-800-MEDICARE.
We re-check those pieces when the year, the form, or the rule changes. If a 2027 number is not on a government page yet, we will not invent one.
Speed and updates
Timely posts get a first-seen time and an update time when the facts move. Unconfirmed claims stay marked as unconfirmed.
An update goes on the same URL. We do not quietly replace the story with a new slug and leave the old one sitting there.
Corrections
If we get something wrong, we fix the page and say so in plain language near the top or at the point of the error. We do not hide the correction in a footnote.
Email hello@zazzafras.com. Tell us the URL and what looks off. We read it.
Advertising and affiliates
Zazzafras may run display ads and, later, affiliate links on deals and buying guides.
Those relationships do not choose the conclusion. A comparison should still be useful if every affiliate link is removed. Ads will not be dressed up as navigation or as the article.
When a piece contains affiliate links, we will say so on the page. Until that happens, assume there are none.
What we will not publish
- Invented menu names, dollar amounts, or eligibility rules
- Medical diagnosis or treatment advice
- Political campaigning
- A page whose only job is to host ads
Who is responsible
Zazzafras is published by SF Mediaworks LLC.
Editorial questions and correction requests: hello@zazzafras.com.