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Nobody[0] reads corrections. The damage is done when the original, incorrect, inflammatory article is published. You can't unring that bell, and the Washington
by monochromatic 10y ago
Nobody[0] reads corrections. The damage is done when the original, incorrect, inflammatory article is published. You can't unring that bell, and the Washington Post editors know that.
[0] To within experimental error.
- maguirre 10y agoI would argue that a reasonable person would actually read a correction. it's not exactly un ringing a bell but many of us come away with the truth even if we believed the original at first
- rhizome 10y agoI don't think that's reasonable at all. How often do you return to story URLs you've already read to check whether they've changed or not?