Some people like their truth factory-sealed, wrapped in a shiny credential, and stamped with a "verified source" label like it just rolled off the assembly line at the Ministry of Official Narratives. If that’s what you’re looking for, you’re in the wrong place. Closer to the Edge doesn’t deal in prepackaged reality—we deal in the raw, unfiltered, and occasionally dangerous truth, which is precisely why our writers stay anonymous. In a world where honesty can get you doxxed, fired, or chased by a pitchfork-wielding MAGA mob screaming about "election fraud" between bites of their MyPillow promo codes, we’d rather keep our people safe.
As for sources—sure, we could lace every article with footnotes and hyperlinks, but let’s be real: a name and a citation don’t mean much in a world where half of Washington is reading scripts written by billionaires and lobbyists. Sources can be biased, corrupt, cherry-picked, or outright fabricated, and if you need proof of that, just look at the gibbering circus act that is the modern Republican Party. These are people who think "alternative facts" are a valid concept and that the guy who bankrupted a casino somehow knows how to fix the economy. You think they care about good sourcing?
Besides, bogging our writing down with a mess of citations and academic formalities would wreck the flow faster than a Senate hearing on TikTok. Our job isn’t to hand-hold people through a bibliography—we’re here to tell the story as it is, from the trenches, with all the blood, chaos, and absurdity intact. If you want a research paper, head to JSTOR. If you want the truth with its teeth bared, you’re in the right place.
That said, we encourage skepticism—real skepticism, not the brand sold by right-wing grifters who slap “DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH” on whatever lunatic conspiracy they’re peddling this week. If something seems off, don’t take our word for it—dig deeper, cross-check, and, above all, don’t let anyone spoon-feed you a narrative just because they slapped a blue checkmark on it.
At the end of the day, Closer to the Edge isn’t here to make friends, kiss the ring of corporate media, or play nice with people who think “fake news” is anything that makes Trump look bad. We’re here to rip the mask off, call out the bullshit, and stay one step ahead of the mob. If that makes some people uncomfortable, good. It means we’re doing something right.
