Reuters Sorry About Pre-Releasing Kinda Bitchy Soros Obit, Not Sorry Enough To Take It Down
from the things-are-busy dept
From our friends over at Dealbreaker, we learn that those bastions of professional journalism, Reuters, published a premature obituary for George Soros (where they left in the XXs for his age).
Upon realizing this, Reuters issued an apology, but apparently left the original story up for about an hour before someone realized that perhaps they should pull it down.
Hey, everyone makes mistakes, but it seems a little silly when people want to argue that bloggers are untrustworthy and that the mainstream media is careful about these things. Following their massive fuck up concerning the Boston Marathon bombing and then followed by stories like this, I think it's safe to note that mistakes happen across the board -- though it seems as if amateur blogs and the like often seem a lot faster about making corrections...


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sad?
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Worked really well for CNN when they announced Boston arrests the other day. (Why does no one really call them out on this?)
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Dewey Defeats Truman
Unfortunately many people believe anything they read.
Life Magazine is for those who can't read.
Newsweek and Time are for those who can't think.
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Well, to be fair, "amateurs" tend to be less multitasking, hence can keep a significant focus on the topic at hand. Hence errors can be more readily detected and rectified.
Pros, however, tend to multitask a lot, and focus are divided among several topics, and not to mention the "check and balances" guideline they must adhere, which tends to be much more stricter than those adhered by amateurs (cos their names depend on it). Errors are slower to detect, and once detected, there's the check-and-recheck phase. So, in terms of error detection and correction, "amateurs" tend to be more "agile" and "robust".
Of course this is an over generalization and simplification...
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You're more untrustworthy than most, Mike. Everyone makes mistakes, but most people do basic journalism before publishing articles--unlike you.
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Response to: Anonymous Coward on Apr 19th, 2013 @ 5:27am
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Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on Apr 19th, 2013 @ 5:27am
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Seems fair to me
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You're more untrustworthy than most, boy. Everyone makes mistakes, but most people do basic journalism before posting comments--unlike you.
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Re: Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on Apr 19th, 2013 @ 5:27am
AC says that he has a brain, and of course the boy never explains how we're supposed to know when he's using it and when he's not. Why should we believe anything he writes? Maybe he's not using his brain.
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Re: Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on Apr 19th, 2013 @ 5:27am
Sometimes I don't. But you know what? He's really good about linking, and often embedding, his sources. Why should I have to take his word on what some appeals court ruled, when I can just read the whole opinion?
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Journalism Standards? Meh!
Good break down of modern journalism.
http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/10-ugly-truths-about-modern-journalism_b361
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Surprised, Mike...
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Re: Seems fair to me
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Reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated
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Re: Surprised, Mike...
Say what?
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