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Craig Silverman
Regret the Error is the media consumer's revenge, a regularly updated compendium of media mistakes big and small. This Blog covers the big whoppers, but it really shines on highlighting the small stuff that the media gets wrong. (Time) [Read More]
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U.K.'s Sun mocks Scientology with apology to alien lifeforms
The Sun today issued an apology that combines aliens, Scientology and British tabloid wit to deliver a classic of the genre:
In an article on Saturday headlined ‘Flying saucers over British Scientology HQ', we stated "two flat silver discs" were R...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Gaston Gazette retracts story after learning topic had already been addressed
The Gaston Gazette in Gastonia, N.C., published a story on its website early June 8 focusing on potential fallout from the federal plea deal received by former Cherryville, N.C., official Bonny Alexander.
Cherryville's former finance director stole h...
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Local Birmingham TV station reports former mayor's death, only to be fact-checked by AL.com
Saturday morning saw a flurry of activity on social media channels in Birmingham, Ala., as local television station CBS 42 published a report at 11:27 a.m. CT that the city’s former mayor, Larry Langford, had died in prison. Langford is …...
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Monday, June 03, 2013
Since Twitter hasn't built a correction feature, here are 3 things journalists can do instead
For years, there’s been talk about the need for a Twitter correction tool. Early in 2011, not long after the Tucson, Ariz., mass shooting that severely injured congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Poynter convened an online chat about handling inc...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
NPR alters Gillibrand profile after outcry, though no explanation posted
Rachel Larris of Name It Change It posted a story about changes made to a profile of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand that originally aired on May 16 during NPR's Morning Edition.
The original story, among other things, referred to the New … Read mor...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013
Retraction by The Scotsman admits no evidence of ‘grief' given to former soccer player
The Scotsman made a timely retraction in the print edition of Wednesday’s paper. The story begins with news Wednesday that former Dundee United captain Jon Daly will become the first Irish Catholic to play for the Rangers football club.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Chicago Tribune correction offers history lesson
Readers of Tuesday’s Chicago Tribune received a lesson in mass transit history with this correction:
A story Friday in the main news section stated incorrectly that in 1969 the CTA Dan Ryan Line became the first transit rail route … Read ...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Newspaper misspells its own name in article about winning awards
The Chronicle-Herald of Halifax, Nova Scotia (my hometown paper!) was proud of its six wins at the Atlantic Journalism Awards this past weekend.
Like any publication that earns praise for its work, the paper celebrated its wins in an article… R...
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Monday, May 13, 2013
The New York Times makes a nonkosher mistake
The New York Times’ City Room blog has issued what Tablet Magazine is referring to as “perhaps the most Jewish ‘Times' correction ever.” The post, published yesterday and written by Andy Newman, focused on the arrival of three femal...
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Friday, May 10, 2013
New Guardian, Scoopshot efforts bring elements of automation to photo verification
User-generated content is rife with risk and opportunity.
The opportunity for it to deliver remarkable images is made clear on an almost-daily basis, be it in the midst of a crisis like the Boston Marathon bombings, Hurricane Sandy, or simply …...
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013
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