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May 11, 2007
Problems with the Wire Service Model

Posted by Bill

Bryan Preston documents an error by the Associated Press:

This problem is at the heart of why it's vital that wire services and major outlets get their facts straight the first time. The first report, whether it's true or not, might get picked up by thousands of outlets worldwide. You can probably count the number of outlets who ran and acknowledged the correction on one hand. The AP itself didn't even acknowledge the correction on its own story. This is how a world misunderstands a war, one reporter's error at a time.

Journalism published on blogs certainly has an advantage, in this regard.

Read the context.

Posted by Bill at May 11, 2007 09:36 AM | TrackBack (0)