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» pink101 - Yupper

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Precisely.
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-- posted by pink101

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» Migisi - Why care?

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I've dealt with the press for the last 20 years. I routinely hand them press releases so - hopefully - they might spell my name correctly. (It's really not a hard name!) Even so, they just can't seem to get much right. What irks me is when they misquote even what's written for them, and twist or omit words to slant or sensationalize their story.
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Why worry about press errors? Well, when my peers read the reporter's off-the-wall quotes allegedly spoken by me, I get the phone calls. I'm put on the hot seat, not the reporter. I wonder how many others just assume I said it, and never call to get the truth. Some are left with a negative impression of me, and they in turn pass on the press error to others.
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The problems are compounded when the story is picked up by other publications - and they add their own inaccuracies.
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Corrections are hidden in little boxes somewhere in sections nobody reads, if one can even get them to publish the corrections at all, that is. They hate to publicly admit that their publication might print errors. That's bad for business.
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Is it just sloppiness? Or is the writer just too lazy to call to confirm facts and details? Or is it done maliciously to create controversy (and thereby increase readership)?
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Given my experiences, I take ~everything~ I read with a grain of salt.
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Errors ~do~ cost ~someone~ personally.

-- posted by Migisi

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