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Tag: Corrections

It may not feel like it, but the media has never been so accurate

on December 18, 2014

It seems as though there are more mistakes, hoaxes and journalistic failures than there have ever been, but former Reuters media critic Jack Shafer argues they are just easier to spot now

A lesson in how to apologize, and the value of news as a process

on December 2, 2014

Annalee Newitz, the editor of Gawker’s science blog io9, stepped forward on Monday to confess to a screwup with a story — and in the process showed why admitting your mistakes can actually be the best strategy of all

How Emergent founder Craig Silverman is using data to hunt down online hoaxes

on October 3, 2014

Online verification expert Craig Silverman didn’t just want to write about hoaxes that make their way into the media, he wanted to help track and disprove them — so he created a data-powered, socially-driven debunking machine called Emergent

Why adding a feature to edit tweets after the fact might not be such a good thing

on December 16, 2013

According to one report, Twitter is considering a new feature that would allow users to edit a tweet after it has been published. But is that really something we need, or are we better off without it?

If there’s one thing traditional media outlets still suck at, it’s making corrections

on July 11, 2013

The Washington Post’s delay in responding to complaints about a piece that one of its columnists wrote is just another sign of how out of touch many media outlets are when it comes to correcting their mistakes.

Why we should stop asking Twitter to introduce a correction feature

on May 2, 2013

Whenever a breaking news event leads to errors on Twitter, critics suggest that the service needs some kind of built in correction or editing mechanism — but adding one would not only be complicated, it would also be unwise.

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