by snarly | Dec 18, 2013 | Media Apologies
Poynter.org has a list of the best media corrections of 2013. SO MUCH EXCELLENCE! I believe my favorite is this, from the Tampa Bay Times: This story has been updated to reflect the following change: A Tampa Bay Times reporter not strong in the ways of the force (or...
by sumac | Dec 3, 2013 | Media Apologies
KQED, a San Francisco Bay-area public media outlet, recently ran a cheery piece on one of their blogs, KQED Pop. That’s a “daily blog that critically examines the social and cultural impact of music, movies, television, advertisements, fashion, the...
by sumac | Nov 20, 2013 | Media Apologies
The editor of Guns & Ammo made a horrible terrible epic mistake. He overestimated his readers. To their faces. Worse, he overestimated his advertisers. The December issue of Guns & Ammo, “The World’s Most Widely Read Firearms Magazine,” ran a column by...
by snarly | Nov 18, 2013 | Media Apologies, Other Apologies, Personal Apologies
We were overdue. Kari Wagner-Peck, who blogs at Not a Typical Mom, has a child with Down Syndrome. Earlier this month, she published an open letter to writer Chuck Klosterman on her blog. It’s worth reading in its entirety. But if you’re short on time, her...
by snarly | Oct 31, 2013 | Celebrity Apologies, Historical Apologies, Media Apologies
77 years ago today, Welles apologized for the War of the Worlds radio broadcast that terrified a nation. Facing a scrum of angry reporters, he explained, “You must realize when I left the broadcast last night I went into dress rehearsal for a play that’s...
by sumac | Oct 17, 2013 | Media Apologies, Scientific apologies
Scientific American has many blogs in various scientific fields. One is The Urban Scientist, by Danielle N. Lee, a biologist specializing in the excellent fields of animal behavior, mammalogy, and urban ecology. She has blogged about her fieldwork in Tanzania with...
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