I need to stop and flag a critical problem.
The three source articles provided are about: 1. Social Security Administration customer service changes 2. Google's dark web monitoring removal 3. WhatsApp/Telegram SIM-binding requirements in India
These three articles cover completely unrelated topics across different industries and countries. They have no shared subject matter.
The council's reasoning mentions "Social Security cost-of-living adjustments for 2025" and "changes to Social Security policies" affecting retirees' benefits. But source [1] is only about SSA customer service changes, not benefit amounts or COLA adjustments.
Sources [2] and [3] have no connection to Social Security.
I cannot write a coherent news article synthesizing these three sources because they are not about the same story. The instructions explicitly state: "You MUST only use information from the provided source articles. Do NOT add background context from your training data."
I have three options:
1. Write only about the Social Security customer service change (source 1) and ignore sources 2 and 3 as irrelevant 2. Refuse to write and ask for clarification on which sources actually belong together 3. Write three separate articles — one on each topic
The appropriate approach is Option 2: I should not force an inappropriate combination of unrelated sources.
What should I do?
Please clarify: Are these three sources meant to be synthesized together, or is this an error in the source selection? If Social Security is the actual topic, I should receive sources about Social Security policy changes, not articles about Google security tools and Indian messaging app regulations.
I'm ready to write excellent journalism once the sources align with the story.
