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Removing stories completely is akin to hiding the fact taht you failed in your journalistic responsibilities. It would be better for the integrity of the journ
by djrogers 9y ago
Removing stories completely is akin to hiding the fact taht you failed in your journalistic responsibilities. It would be better for the integrity of the journalist if the story remained available with the details of the failure plastered above/below etc.
Don't erase your mistakes - own up to them.
- emodendroket 9y agoIf your story unfairly libels someone, particularly a private individual, that presents its own ethical challenges, doesn't it?
- mcherm 9y agoNot at all. One could do as NPR has done in this case: Remove the original story and replace it with a statement of why it has been retracted. Nothing is hidden, and the incorrect story is removed.
- emodendroket 9y agoI guess my concern is someone looking you up and the results being dominated by results like "Joe Smith, 55, of 22 East Wessex St, caught stealing from orphans" being a problem, even if clicking through shows a correction rather than the original story.
- snupples 9y agoIt is owning up to the mistake - hence the published retraction.