Anatomy of a screw-up
Editor and Publisher tries to drag the newspaper and TV reporters who incorrectly reported the West Virginia miners story back behind the woodshed for the twenty licks they deserve, but I think they go soft on the reasons why this happened.
"But it won't excuse the blunt truth that we violated a basic tenet of journalism today in our printed edition: Report what you know and how you know it."
Ok, that's nice. But why?
"But it won't excuse the blunt truth that we violated a basic tenet of journalism today in our printed edition: Report what you know and how you know it."
Ok, that's nice. But why?