Allegation Ledger
A neutral, structured case-file archive for ongoing misconduct stories involving public figures — pulling together dated allegations, court documents, statements, and outlet framing into one timeline any reader can follow.
Engaged German-speaking readers and freelance journalists who want to follow multi-year accountability stories (like the Wecker/SZ case) without drowning in partisan headlines
- Dossier per public figure: structured timeline of allegations, denials, court rulings, retractions, and official statements
- Outlet framing overlay: side-by-side comparison of how SZ, BILD, taz and others characterized the same event on the same day
- Source-authority score: ranks primary documents (court rulings, leaked letters, official statements) above interpretive reporting
- Weekly reader digest: short email recapping ongoing cases you follow, so multi-year stories don't disappear between breaking-news cycles
Cases like the Wecker/SZ dispute show how multi-year, multi-outlet stories become impossible for ordinary readers to follow — readers increasingly want structured context rather than the latest headline from a single outlet.
Multi-year Wecker/SZ dispute is active (May 2026 Feuilleton article, July 2026 appeal coverage), and German-language outlets like ZEIT Investigativ and CORRECTIV maintain large teams dedicated to accountability reporting, suggesting strong underlying interest — but the niche of casual readers following a single case across many outlets is narrower than broad investigative demand.Urteil zur SZ-Berichterstattung über Konstantin Wecker: Berufung ↗Recherchen aus dem Investigativ-Team der ZEIT ↗
Adjacent tools exist — OCCRP Aleph, The Accountability Project, GovTrack misconduct tracker, Berkeley/Stanford police misconduct DB, Accountable Journalism — but none are neutral, German-language, public-facing timeline aggregators covering misconduct allegations against cultural/political public figures across outlets.Find public records and leaks - Aleph Pro ↗The Accountability Project (Journalist's Toolbox) ↗
German readers expect accountability journalism to be free or donation-supported — CORRECTIV operates as gemeinnützig with free newsletters, Paper Trail Media runs on donor/partner funding; a consumer subscription for a niche case-file archive would struggle against this freemium norm, leaving thin B2B or nonprofit paths.CORRECTIV Spotlight Newsletter (free) ↗Supporting independent investigative journalism - PAPER TRAIL MEDIA ↗
Accountability cases routinely span years-to-decades (Wecker dispute already multi-year and in appeal), and recurring 'database shutdown' coverage (US federal police misconduct DB cut in 2025) shows sustained public concern about tracking such records over long horizons.US Justice Department cuts database tracking federal police misconduct ↗Konstantin Wecker - SZ Thema-Seite (ongoing coverage) ↗
MVP is buildable as a static/cms-backed German-language timeline site, but neutrality requires sustained editorial review of German outlets' framing and court filings, and scraping/curating SZ, ZEIT, CORRECTIV, taz etc. is ongoing labor rather than a one-shot build.Drei weitere Frauen erheben Vorwürfe gegen Konstantin Wecker (SRF, multilingual confirm) ↗