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The ombudsman also addressed it: https://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2018/04/12/601650762/npr-issues-rare-retraction https://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2
by danso 9y ago
The ombudsman also addressed it: https://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2018/04/12/601650762/npr-issues-rare-retraction https://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2018/04/12/601650762/...
- sjsjxhhc 9y agoThere’s additional information there, but it still gave me more questions than answers. If the problem was just that they didn’t talk to the author, that could be resolved by a correction with a quote from the author, or “x could not be reached for comment”. The statement that that they would have “essentially had to construct a different story” implies that there is something more complicated going on here, and invites confusion and speculation.
- vinhboy 9y ago> NPR's standard procedure in cases of errors is to make a correction, not remove a story entirely, as was done in this case. Glad to hear that the ombudsman raised the same issue I am raising here.