• morrowind@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Nothing wrong with admitting your mistakes, but also seems to me that you should be able to fix them without publicly announcing it.

        • Crikeste@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          Not in the news world. Corrections need to be made so people don’t go around spewing nonsense.

          EDIT: And those corrections need to be bold and assert themselves. You can’t simply change your words and expect people to find the corrections themselves. That is too much work for the reader, and stating corrections is VERY easy for the publisher.

          • Ludwig van Beethoven@sh.itjust.works
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            1 year ago

            This. My national news agency publishes corrections like in ye olden days with ye olde telex: separate issue

            example would be:

            CORRECTION - President denounces war in Israel

            BULLETIN - President denounces war in Isral

            listed separately, added in their own archives etc.

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          1 year ago

          also seems to me that you should be able to fix them without publicly announcing it.

          You would seem to be wrong then lol. News has standards higher than Uncle Joe’s Truckin’ Blog™ or someone’s Aunt’s Facebook post.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      You should ad an edit to this comment:
      Like this:

      Edit:

      ~~People can make mistakes and miss things you know. ~~

      This is an example where I am objectively wrong and I apologize.