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Very very rarely is a correction needed on the central piece of a story, though. If a "real" journalist didn't check this quote before going to press with a pie
by function_seven 15y ago
Very very rarely is a correction needed on the central piece of a story, though. If a "real" journalist didn't check this quote before going to press with a piece based solely on it, they'd be in real trouble. It would require a full on retraction and apology, not just a blurb in the Corrections section tomorrow.
- weaksauce 15y agoThat's true. Also, real journalists have fact checking departments that are supposed to verify those facts.
- anamax 15y ago> Also, real journalists have fact checking departments that are supposed to verify those facts. However, "fact checking departments" consist of a bunch of folks with no domain expertise, often interns, who do little more than try to find someone who can "verify" what they want to verify. In other words, they're little more than under-paid quote-checkers.
- reissbaker 15y agoDepends on power relations, really. If the journalist and paper aren't likely to get in hot water for it, doesn't happen. For example, U.S. coverage of international news can be pretty bad with misquotes, misattributions, and "accidentally" photoshopped images -- particularly so when the country being covered is primarily non-English-speaking.