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Why newsrooms should publish their corrections loudly

Burying a correction protects nobody except the people who made the error.

By The Editorial Board · Global4 min readSource: SomTiger International
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Burying a correction protects nobody except the people who made the error — that, at least, is where the story stood when this page was filed, according to the people closest to it.

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