False information, editors and corrections, Part 1
An email thread sheds light on what happens after errors occur in documents. #falsity
| By Greg Fisher
FROM: Greg Fisher, greg@truthandfalsity.com
TO: Alex Marlow, editor in chief, Breitbart News Network (via L. Nolan); Alex Marlow, editor in chief, Breitbart News Network (via L. Nolan)
CC: Penny Star, Breitbart News; Joshua Caplan, Breibart News
DATE: Feb 13, 2019, 10:11 PM
SUBJECT: false information you wrote
Joshua Caplan, Breibart News
breitbart.com
I am in the media, on a deadline and writing about you; the deadline is tomorrow.
In the first sentence of an article, you wrote, "Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday afternoon condemned Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) anti-Semitic remarks, stating, 'This kind of intolerance has no place in Congress—or anywhere in American society.'”
That is not true. Schumer has never been the majority leader of any legislative body. Did anybody read your item before it was published? If so, who?
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FROM: Greg Fisher, greg@truthandfalsity.com
TO: Michael Goot, Glens Falls Post-Star
CC: Joshua Caplan, Bretbart News
DATE: February 19, 2019, 9:35 AM
SUBJECT: Re: false information you wrote
Michael Goot, Glens Falls Post-Star
Glens Falls
I am in the media, on a deadline and writing about you; the deadline is tomorrow.
In the second sentence of an article, you wrote, "A reader had tipped us off that she was having trouble reaching a live person on the phone when calling Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi."
That is not true. Schumer has never been the majority leader of any legislative body. Did anybody read your item before it was published? If so, who?
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FROM: Michael Goot
TO: Greg Fisher, greg@truthandfalsity.com
CC: Joshua Caplan, Bretbart News
DATE: February 19, 2019, 12:41 PM
SUBJECT: RE: false information you wrote
Thanks for the heads up. I must have made a typo. I can fix that.
Blog items are typically self-edited.
FROM: Greg Fisher, greg@truthandfalsity.com
TO: Michael Goot; Martin Baron, editor, Washington Post; Corrections, Washington Post (errors and corrections address)
CC: George Lardner (via The Fund for Investigative Journalism); Joshua Caplan, Bretbart News; Aaron Blake, reporter, Washington Post; Aaron Blake, reporter, Washington Post; Ana Swanson
DATE: February 20, 2019, 10:48 AM
SUBJECT: Re: false information you wrote
The odds of your missing the i key and striking the a (with your right hand, crossing to the extreme left side of the keyboard) are very small. Granted, j and n are adjacent on keyboards, but smaller still are the odds that that was followed by j instead of n, perfectly forming the exact opposite word that you meant to type.
What is your correction policy?
Monority is believable as a a typo. The Washington Post published an article by George Lardner Jr., J.P. Smith and staff writers that states: "'Barbarie,' protested Monority Leader Howard H. Baker Jr. (R-Tenn.) 'Silly,' said Edmund S. Muskie (D-Maine)." #7709a
Lardner, G., Jr., Smith, J., & Washington Post Staff Writers. (1977, September 29). Of Cots and Roll Calls. Retrieved February 19, 2019, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/09/29/of-cots-and-roll-calls/7577b1d0-d63b-4bd6-9486-d592a3005d4e/
The Post also published, "Senate Monority Leader Howard H. Baker (Tenn.) said he expected the matter to come up at a Friday meeting with the President." #7701a
Washington Post. (1977, January 13). Hill Chiefs, Ford to Discuss Protection. Retrieved February 19, 2019, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/01/13/hill-chiefs-ford-to-discuss-protection/4979d1cb-f896-4c1a-a4ff-902388cf3bcc/
Perhaps the editor of the Post, Martin Baron, can tell us what happened.
Recently in the Washington Post, Aaron Blake wrote, "Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) made the case in floor remarks shortly after Kennedy's retirement: 'Our Republican colleagues in the Senate should follow the rule they set in 2016: Not to consider a Supreme Court justice in an election year.'" #1809o - #falsity
Blake, A. (2018, June 27). Democrats' bogus argument about what the GOP said on election-year Supreme Court vacancies. Retrieved February 19, 2019, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/27/democrats-bogus-argument-about-what-the-gop-said-about-supreme-court-nominees-in-an-election-year/
http://www.creditscoring.com/interaction/2018/10/19-cnbc.html
The Post also continues to maintain false information about credit scores. A 2015 article by Ana Swanson falsely states, "Banks have long used credit scores to evaluate customers, but these days potential employers, landlords, insurance companies, cellphone companies and many other businesses do, too." #1510bb - #Myth2
That is horrible. Employers do not use credit scores. I looked into it.
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FROM: Michael Goot
TO: Greg Fisher, greg@truthandfalsity.com
DATE: February 20, 2019, 10:53 AM
SUBJECT: RE: false information you wrote
Listen,
We are writing a lot of copy every day, stories and blogs. Mistakes happen. I wrote Majority instead of Minority. Why are you making a big issue out of this? People obviously know he is the minority leader.
We have had mistakes such as referring to our current governor as Gov. Mario Cuomo.
Our corrections policy is to write up something in the paper saying: On such and such a day, a story on Page # had an incorrect title for Sen. Chuck Schumer. He is the Minority Leader. We also fix it online.
Thanks.
FROM: Greg Fisher, greg@truthandfalsity.com
TO: Victor J. Blue, photojournalist
CC: Dean Baquet, editor, New York Times; A. G. Sulzberger, publisher, New York Times (via D. Ha); A. G. Sulzberger, publisher, New York Times (via D. Ha); Vivian Wang, New York Times; Jacob H. Fries, editor, Pacific Northwest Inlander; Eric Friedman, New York City Bar Association; Andrew Cuomo
DATE: February 20, 2019, 2:07 PM
SUBJECT: Re: false information you wrote
Victor J. Blue, photojournalist
New York
I am in the media, on a deadline and writing about you; the deadline is tomorrow.
The New York Times distributed the photo caption
Gov. Mario Cuomo of New York arrives to deliver an address to the New York City Bar Association in Manhattan on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. Cuomo announced that he would push to legalize recreational marijuana next year, a move that could bring in more than $1.7 billion in sales annually and put New York in line with several neighboring states. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) [ALT, 2020-03-03]
That is false. Mario Cuomo (who is dead) is not the governor of New York. What is the name of the person who wrote that? Did an editor review it? If so, who? #SyndicatedError - #falsity
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FROM: Greg Fisher, greg@truthandfalsity.com
TO: Bob Woodward, Washington Post;
CC: Emily Shire; Victor J. Blue, photojournalist; Martin Baron, editor, Washington Post
BCC: Emily Shire (2 addresses)
DATE: February 20, 2019, 4:32 PM
Bob Woodward, Washington Post
Washington
I am trying to get in touch with J.P. Smith, a reporter who worked for the Washington Post in 1977.
Do you know him?
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FROM: Greg Fisher, greg@truthandfalsity.com
TO: Andrew Cuomo
CC: Andrew Cuomo
DATE: February 20, 2019, 4:50 PM
SUBJECT: Re: false information you wrote
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FROM: Greg Fisher, greg@truthandfalsity.com
TO: Miles Reed, editor, Sch'dy Gazette #TheEditors
CC: Carl Bernstein; Sara Foss, Schenectady Daily Gazette; Jacob H. Fries, editor, Pacific Northwest Inlander
DATE: February 20, 2019, 10:35 PM
SUBJECT: Re: false information you wrote
Miles Reed
Editor, Schenectady Gazette
Schenectady
I am in the media, on a deadline and writing about you and The New York Times; the deadline is tomorrow.
A photo caption states, "Gov. Mario Cuomo's speech Monday included a call for an end to the state's cash bail system. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/The New York Times." #falsity
Foss, S. (2018, December 17). Foss: Time to end cash bail. Retrieved February 20, 2019, from https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/12/17/foss-time-to-end-cash-bail
That is not true. Mario Cuomo is not the governor because he is dead. I have not heard from the associated photographer. Was that in the paper edition of The Gazette? What is your correction policy?
Please reply today; there is more.
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FROM: Greg Fisher, greg@truthandfalsity.com
TO: Jay Michaelson, Daily Beast; Jay Michaelson, Daily Beast; Noah Shachtman, Daily Beast; Noah Shachtman, Daily Beast
CC: Miles Reed, editor, Sch'dy Gazette #TheEditors; Jake Tapper, chief Washington correspondent, anchor, CNN (via L. Pratapas); Jake Tapper, chief Washington correspondent, anchor, CNN; Jake Tapper, chief Washington correspondent, anchor, CNN (via M. Southard)
DATE: February 24, 2019, 2:30 PM
SUBJECT: Re: false information you wrote
Jay Michaelson, columnist
The Daily Beast
New York
I am in the media, on a deadline and writing about you and The Daily Beast; the deadline is today.
Yesterday, you wrote, "It pits the fracking industry, environmentalists, the Trump administration, and New York Governor Mario Cuomo against one another." #Error23 #TheErrors
Cuomo is not the governor. He is dead. Even the subheadline of your article is "All eyes are on New York Governor Mario Cuomo as a controversial fracked gas pipeline waits for final state approval. But there's a wildcard: Donald Trump." Who wrote that? #falsity #NY #TheHed
Do not appear on CNN with Jake Tapper again before replying to this message. And, I don't have time to keep checking to see if the editor of The Daily Beast made a correction of this absurdity and morbidity, so reply today.
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FROM: Greg Fisher, greg@truthandfalsity.com
TO: Michael Goot, Glens Falls Post-Star; Ken Tingley, editor, Glens Falls Post-Star
CC: Kailey Fralick, The Motley Fool; Tom Gardner, CEO, The Motley Fool; David Gardner, The Motley Fool; Tom Gardner; David Gardner; Any Gardner, Motley Fool
DATE: March 7, 2019, 12:03 AM
SUBJECT: Re: false information you wrote
Michael Goot
Glens Falls Post-Star
In your article about me, there is an error in the first sentence. You wrote, "News flash: Reporters make mistakes, but it does not have to b e a federal case."
You put a space in the middle of the word be.
You also stated
I thought that this guy has too much time on his hands. I do believe there is political bias in the media, but in this case he was trying to read too much into a simple brain freeze with me writing majority instead of minority. Reporters write thousands of words per week. Mistakes are bound to happen.
It was not some big pro-Schumer conspiracy at work.
You are jumping to a conclusion -- or are you? Why didn't you publish my entire message? Not enough space? #Error9 #Error23 #TheErrors
This is not about politics. And, false information (and how journalists explain things (a typo -- Pfft)) is a sideshow. #journosplaining
We need a strong press, not a bunch of pathetic whiners. #journalism #freepress
This is about credit scores. Pointing out obvious errors of fact is a gimmick to get through the door. Another article's code contains this: <meta property="og:description" content="One kind of credit check will hurt your credit score. The other won't." />.
The face of that article states, "These inquiries will drop your credit score, but usually by five points or less." #SyndicatedError #Myth1
That is Credit Score Myth 1. Inquiries for lending purposes do not always result in a decrease in a person's credit score. The email address in the byline is in the domain fool.com. #TheCompanyHeKeeps #falsity - #n7038383665 - #1611au
What are you doing about your error in the article about me? #1stSentence
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Falsity remains.
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