Politifact’s recent award for 2011’s “Lie of the Year” has resulted in a backlash that really should have been easy to see coming. When you put the spotlight on a specific assertion or claim, you are teeing up the response from those who might disagree. Cries of bias, agenda, tilts and leans are the guarantee [...]
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We Must Take Mistakes More Seriously
We all make mistakes. No one is perfect, nor should we expect anyone to be. This includes the mainstream media. As much as they produce, it’s not wonder that they are such an easy target for mistakes and errors. Producing content for a ravenous audience that expects a constant churn in content in near real-time [...]
To Err is Human; So is Correcting
When reading about the reckless assumptions on the tragedy in Norway covered in this post by Craig Silverman for CJR’s “Behind the News”, it seems prudent that the influential class would decry the lack of professionalism and demand forms of apology from Jeffrey Goldberg. But what does scolding and ethical posturing accomplish for the [...]
