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Foolish Journalism

At last, it all ties together! I just spotted on Twitter the most likely reason why I adore both journalism and April Fool’s Day, courtesy of blogger Prentiss Riddle.

(Thanks to David Sasaki of Global Voices Online for the tip.)

Fixing Old News: How About a Corrections Wiki?

NYtimes.com

Any news org should be able to do more with corrections than this…

Denver Post 8/30/2007, p. 2B

Or this… What? You can’t see the corrections on that page?

Denver Post 8/30/2007, p. 2B

…Look way down here in the corner

Even the best journalists and editors sometimes make mistakes. Or sometimes new information surfaces that proves old stories — [...]