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Jason Linkins

Spencer Ackerman's Self-Correction: This Is How Stories Should Be Retracted

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Retraction, Spencer Ackerman, Media Critcism, The Washington Independent, Journalism, Corrections, Media News

Spencer Ackerman is a friend of mine and a reporter whose expertise and ecumenical fairness are resources I've come to trust. He's also demonstrated ...

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Dear Richard Laermer

Liz Smith | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Variety, Errors, Liz Smith, Celebrity Gossip, Corrections, New York Post, Gossip, Tony Awards, Syndicated-Columns, Huffington Post, Richard Laermer, Entertainment News
Liz Smith

I am still working for a living because I like to work and I am not rich enough to retire. Maybe that's what you find "unseemly."

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New York Times CorrectionWatch: Style Wars

Melissa Kirsch | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Blunders, Melissa Kirsch, Corrections, Elements of Style, Arts, New York Times, Correctionwatch, Media, Maira Kalman, Journalism, Nyt, Media News
Melissa Kirsch

A minor blunder in the New York Times produces minor hilarity and profound self-flagellation.

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A Month of Killing, More on the Way?

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Capital Punishment, Prison System, Prison, Corrections, Somalian Pirates, Death Penalty, Pirates, Somalia, Jail, Politics News
Norm Stamper

Shooting an armed, hostage-holding assailant can be a life-saving act of heroism. But there's something fundamentally wrong with taking the life of someone in the state's custody.

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New York Times CorrectionWatch: Brilliant Idea Was Totally Bogus

Melissa Kirsch | Posted 05.14.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times Corrections, Crows, Melissa Kirsch, Corrections, Year in Ideas, New York Times, Errata, Editing, Media News
Melissa Kirsch

I tend to think if it's in the Times, it's true. Is this latest gaffe indicative of the breakdown of editorial process in the Age of the Blog?

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 27, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jezebel, Jim Cramer, Twitter, Nsfw, Journolist, Mickey Kaus, Corrections, Media Criticism, David Gregory, National Review, Politics News

Congratulations are in order to Mickey Kaus, who proved, through the disclosure of a single, intended-to-be-off-the-record threaded discussion from Jo...

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Corrections: In Which the New York Times Perpetuates the Myth It Created -- That Bush Won Florida in 2000

Larry Beinhart | Posted 06.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Recount, HBO Recount, 2000 Election, Corrections, New York Times, Washington Post, Florida, Media News
Larry Beinhart

In 2000, Bush didn't get the most votes in Florida. The news story spinners hung their hat on a technicality.

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New York Times Obituary Correction Watch: We'll Fix It When We Get Around To It

Melissa Kirsch | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Obituaries, Obituary, New York Times, Obit, Obits, Corrections, Nyt, Media News
Melissa Kirsch

Here we have a raft of errors that took over eight months for the Times to correct, even though the deceased's son brought the errors to the attention of the paper twice during that time.

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Report: Prison-Packing Politics A National Disaster

Lecia Shorter | Posted 04.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Campaign Rhetoric, State Budgets, Three-Strike Laws, Clinton, Senator Obama, Prison, Corrections, Prison Spending, Pew Report, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Campaign 2008, Incarcration, Home News
Lecia Shorter

The costs of citizen incarceration and prison spending have skyrocketed and recidivism remains high. At last, policymakers are questioning the wisdom of tough-on-crime campaign rhetoric.

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Are Berkshire Hathaway Shares A Bargain At $126,400?

CNBC | Alex Crippen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Underperforming Stocks, Trading, Corrections, Wall Street, Business News

Just weeks after closing at an all-time high in mid-December, shares of Warren Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway are falling deeper into 'c...

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The Year In Media Errors And Corrections

Regret The Error | Craig Silverman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Press Mistakes, Obama Osama, Corrections, Media Mistakes, Media Corrections, The Year in Media Errors and Corrections, Press Errors, Media News

Barack Obama appears to be a magnet for press errors. He was mistaken for "Osama" in two (1,2) news reports by CNN, and in one by the New York Post. ...

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