A correction in a newspaper is typically a typographical error or typographical error notification that appears in the previous edition of the newspaper. Normally, a correction notice appears in its own column.
Newspapers usually have special policies for readers to report factual errors. Typically, this involves a reader who contacts the editor (either by phone or direct visit), shows errors and provides correct information. Sometimes, an affected editor or reporter will be asked to refer to a note or press release to determine how the error was made.
A correction is different from clarification , which clears the assertion that - though factually correct - can lead to misunderstanding or unfair assumptions.
Most corrections are the result of typographical errors or typographical errors, although sometimes they provide false information.
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Most of the newspaper errors are relatively small, sometimes just typos or atomic typos, and involve one of the following:
- Names - Their names are misspelled, someone is misidentified (eg, in a photo), their professional title is wrong... the list goes on.
- Numbers - Typically, the result of typographic errors, though can have a negative impact on a story (for example, "the suit is $ 8 million instead of $ 8 billion").
- Time/date/place - Typically, for events (e.g. "events will be held Friday instead of Saturday").
However, some corrections are the result of major errors or carelessness in reporting, and in extreme examples involving things like totally wrong facts, dirty misquotes and extreme representation errors. Here are some examples:
Dari The Guardian , 2004:
In our profile Daniel Dennett (pages 20 to 23, Reviews, 17 April), we say he was born in Beirut. In fact, he was born in Boston. His father died in 1947 instead of 1948. He married in 1962 instead of 1963. The seminar in which Stephen Jay Gould was strictly questioned by Dennett's students was a Dennett seminar at Tufts, not Gould's at Harvard. Dennett wrote Dangerous Idea Darwin earlier, not afterwards, Gould called him "Darwinian fundamentalist". Only one chapter in this book, not four, is devoted to taking trouble with Gould. The list of Dennett's books eliminates the Elbow Room, 1984, and The Intentional Stance, 1987. The marble statue, reminiscent of a friend, made by Dennett in 1963 is not a mother and child. It was a man reading a book.
Dari New York Daily News , 2009:
Corrections: It has been the Daily News's concern that some of the statements in this article written for the Daily News by freelance reporters are, or may be wrong. Cornell University has told us that Shante does not receive any titles from him either under the name of his birth or his stage. We have confirmed that prior to the article, at least four publications on Cornell's own website reported that Shante earned his Ph.D. from the university. The reference has now been deleted. And in response to today's question, Marymount College states that Shante attended there for less than a semester. Many e-mails and telephone inquiries by freelance reporters to Marymount during the preparation of the articles to confirm Shante's account were not addressed. Finally, there was a recent media report that there was never an educational clause in Shante's record contract. When reporters contacted Warner Brothers Records about the contract before the article, the only response was that he had trouble finding someone in the company who could "speak eloquently" about it.
Dari New York Times , 2010:
Correction: It has come to the attention of the Times that Frank Rich does not intend to write "the news is finished" but "the news is leaked" in his July 30th, 2010 column.
In 2003, the New York Times published an article containing factual errors and errors contained in an article by Jayson Blair, a reporter who became the central figure in the newspaper plagiarism scandal at the beginning of the year. Corrections affects 10 articles that have been published from 2000 to 2003, with errors reported to the newspaper after the scandal broke out.
One study showed that "less than 2 percent of completely flawed articles" in daily newspapers was actually followed by corrections.
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See also
- Hamilton Naki
- Journalistic ethics and standards
References
Further reading
- Amster, Linda, and Dylan Loeb McClain. Kill the duck before serving: red face in The New York Times: the most fascinating, embarrassing, and off-beat collection of newspaper corrections . New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2002. ISBNÃ, 0-312-28427-6.
- Silverman, Craig. Regrets the mistake: how media errors muddy the press and damages free speech . New York: Union Square Press, 2007. ISBNÃ, 978-1-4027-5153-0.
External links
- Kinsley, Michael. War wavers on error. Washington Post, September 4, 2009.
- Lo Dico, Joy. Why, in the newspaper world, sorry seems to be the biggest word. The Independent, March 23, 2008.
- Lyall, Sarah. Recognition as a force in British newspapers. New York Times, February 16, 1998.
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