http://mediabugs.org/blog/2011/07/06/three-pillars-of-trust-links-revisions-and-error-buttons/ Fix the news Tue, 23 Sep 2014 03:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://mediabugs.org/blog/2011/07/06/three-pillars-of-trust-links-revisions-and-error-buttons/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:03:22 +0000 http://mediabugs.org/blog/?p=504#comment-501 I have finally unfollowed the Atlantic Wire because of their missing quality control. It’s not enough to run a story through the spelling checker. A human being needs to actually read the text to catch the wrong word—though instead of through. The writer substitutes a phrase and forgets to delete the original phrase. If a respected magazine doesn’t care about accuracy in their grammar or spelling, why should I trust the correctness or veracity of their story?

]]> http://mediabugs.org/blog/2011/07/06/three-pillars-of-trust-links-revisions-and-error-buttons/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:34:54 +0000 http://mediabugs.org/blog/?p=504#comment-500 the real reason is (5) which is: corrections get journalists fired, and the last thing journalists want is another excuse to get fired, as if the journalism industry doesn’t supply lots already.

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