Winner of the National Press Clubβs Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism!
From Craig Silverman, proprietor of www.RegretTheError.com, comes a lively journey through the history of media mistakes via a chronicle of funny, shocking, and often disturbing journalistic slip-ups. The errorsβrunning the gamut from hilarious to tragicβinclude βFuzzy Numbersβ (when numbers and math undermine reporting) βObiticideβ (printing the obituary of a living person), and βUnintended Consequencesβ (typos and misidentifications that create a new, incorrect reality). While some of the errors are laugh-out-loud funny, the book also offers a serious investigation of contemporary journalismβs lack of accountability to the public, and a rousing call to arms for all news organizations to mend their ways and reclaim the role of the press as honest voice of the people.
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