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>> Corrections & Amplifications An earlier version of this article incorrectly included the name of a defector familiar with North Korea’s cyber training, whos
by mcrae 8y ago
>> Corrections & Amplifications
An earlier version of this article incorrectly included the name of a defector familiar with North Korea’s cyber training, whose identity was included in violation of the agreement with the source. (April 19, 2018)
Yikes!! I understand mistakes happen, but what an absolute betrayal of trust
- sschueller 8y agoThis is something that should never ever happen. Where are the checks and where is the oversight? What has become of this paper?
- spodek 8y agoYou mean since Rupert Murdoch bought it or some other event?
- GEBBL 8y agoOne hopes the page hasn't been cached anywhere
- mcintyre1994 8y agoThis is one of the problems with paywalls - I regularly see a full article posted in reddit comments and I doubt they're checking for corrections like this later on.
- RealityVoid 8y agoI think that it's safe to say that once the cat is out of the bag, there's no way it's going in again.
- m0meni 8y agoIt has been unfortunately.
- fwdpropaganda 8y agoCan you try and at least send them an e-mail asking them to clear it?
- m0meni 8y agoGood idea. I’ll try it.
- brazzledazzle 8y agoI don’t usually think someone should be fired for mistakes but this is so egregious. How does their name even end up in a draft, much less the published article? How will the convince anyone considering discussing something anonymously with the paper to move forward with a screw up like that?
- partisan 8y agoThe first thing anyone who is not asleep at the wheel would ask is, “does this person really want to be named?”
- alex_hitchins 8y agoWe are all human and humans make mistakes. While a devastating action, it was likely a process that failed rather than an individual being inept.
- jessaustin 8y agoWe hope there is a process. We can be sure that several individuals were inept. The journalist certainly knows the source wished to remain anonymous, and an editor certainly had to approve that.
- alex_hitchins 8y agoGiven all the down-votes, seems I am a sucker to give them the benefit of the doubt and not join the crowds calling for heads on plates. How dare I attempt to have faith in humanity.
- toss1 8y agoSo, if I make a mistake that puts you and your family on a hit list of a murderous dictatorship, you'd be cool with it?
- alex_hitchins 8y ago
- johnnyfived 8y agoWtf. And why even include the name in the first place? Literally no good would have come from that in a story like this. If you must refer to a name use a pseudonym. This really subtly shows one of the darkest sides of journalism, especially considering it's coming from the WSJ. The engagement of the audience and ad revenue is so important that protecting sources and journalistic integrity is so easily forgotten by the author and editors.
- cm2187 8y agoReminds me an article on Gerard de Villiers [1] He was a French pulp spy novels writer (SAS), who turned out to be some kind of mailbox between intelligence services to share spy stories. So a lot of his books are directly inspired from real stories, with names changed. Until he forgot to change the name of a CIA station chief... [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/magazine/gerard-de-villiers-the-spy-novelist-who-knows-too-much.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/magazine/gerard-de-villie...
- letsgetphysITal 8y agoThis can get your entire family sent to a work camp. SERIOUS misstep there.
- pandasun 8y agoThat correction is making it worse. Now they might search for cached versions. Ugh, serious mistake.