Comments on: Thanks for ripping me off Editor and Publisher! http://bloggasm.com/thanks-for-ripping-me-off-editor-and-publisher Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:39:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Amy Gahran http://bloggasm.com/thanks-for-ripping-me-off-editor-and-publisher/comment-page-1#comment-45405 Amy Gahran Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:34:43 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/thanks-for-ripping-me-off-editor-and-publisher#comment-45405 Ugh indeed. Failing to attribute a source is not an "honest mistake," it's a significant journalistic error that deserves not only an update, but an acknowledgment. They should not have just slipped your name in as if it was always there from the time of posting, but added something like this: "Editor's note: When we originally published this story, we failed to attribute much of the information presented here to Simon Owens, who interviewed Reinhardy and blogged about it on Jan. 25." (including a link to your original post). We regret the error." This is even more important since E&P's site does not allow comments and so you can't post the full info itself. When things like this happen, be sure you save a copy of the page as it looks before the error, in case they try to slip in the kind of halfway correction E&P just did. - Amy Gahran Ugh indeed. Failing to attribute a source is not an “honest mistake,” it’s a significant journalistic error that deserves not only an update, but an acknowledgment. They should not have just slipped your name in as if it was always there from the time of posting, but added something like this:

“Editor’s note: When we originally published this story, we failed to attribute much of the information presented here to Simon Owens, who interviewed Reinhardy and blogged about it on Jan. 25.” (including a link to your original post). We regret the error.”

This is even more important since E&P’s site does not allow comments and so you can’t post the full info itself.

When things like this happen, be sure you save a copy of the page as it looks before the error, in case they try to slip in the kind of halfway correction E&P just did.

- Amy Gahran

]]> By: Dane S. Claussen http://bloggasm.com/thanks-for-ripping-me-off-editor-and-publisher/comment-page-1#comment-45088 Dane S. Claussen Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:29:01 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/thanks-for-ripping-me-off-editor-and-publisher#comment-45088 Did you tell the Darts & Laurels column at CJR? Did you tell the Darts & Laurels column at CJR?

]]> By: americangoy http://bloggasm.com/thanks-for-ripping-me-off-editor-and-publisher/comment-page-1#comment-43812 americangoy Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:54:05 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/thanks-for-ripping-me-off-editor-and-publisher#comment-43812 Ugh. Well it must be that 10PM deadline and the sources not calling back situation... Ugh.

Well it must be that 10PM deadline and the sources not calling back situation…

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