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Newspaper Errors: Reporters Dispute Most Source Claims, William A. Tillinghast
Newspaper Errors: Reporters Dispute Most Source Claims, William A. Tillinghast
William A. Tillinghast
The article presents a study related to the newspaper errors. Deep probe of disagreements suggests errors are really differences of opinion between sources and reporters. Research on newspaper accuracy has shown that news sources contend that about half the newspaper articles citing them contain at least one mistake, usually a misquote, omission or distorted emphasis. But, most of the half dozen studies which examined errors in newspapers excluded the reporter from the analysis, concentrating almost entirely on the perceptions of news sources. One study which did look at reporter response found that a reporter's focusing on a particular element of …
Source Control And Evaluation Of Newspaper Inaccuracies, William A. Tillinghast
Source Control And Evaluation Of Newspaper Inaccuracies, William A. Tillinghast
William A. Tillinghast
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