Sunday, February 11, 2007

"Corrective Stories"






"The AP’s Statement of News Values and Principles says, “For corrections on live, online stories, we overwrite the previous version. We send separate corrective stories online as warranted.” This isn’t a correction, though. Unless Mann mistranscribed it — which is exceedingly hard to believe — he’s simply replacing a harder quote with a softer one. Why?"

Because the initial quote wasn't as politically correct as the first. That's why. The Yellowstream Media does it all the time. More, even.

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