News Article Corrections

Comments discuss inaccuracies, misconceptions, and corrections in various news articles, often criticizing journalism failures and highlighting updates or retractions by outlets like NYT and The Atlantic.

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hotnfresh Sep 14, 2023 View on HN

Article reported it wrong, then?

namaria Jun 4, 2023 View on HN

You're right, I went on a news article full of misconceptions. Thank you for pointing it out.

dfranke Jun 9, 2009 View on HN

Ah, alright; that makes more sense. Journalism fail.

nomel Nov 18, 2021 View on HN

There were many news articles stating this that were corrected for grossly exaggerating the situation. I would suggest going back and re-reading the source material to see if it has been updated or has disappeared.

HWR_14 Jan 28, 2022 View on HN

It's also unfair to blame the article. The actual press releases headline was correct and precise about this. The only place it got messed up was the HN headline.

specto Jul 11, 2023 View on HN

Ah apologies, I read the original news article incorrectly it seems.

cellularmitosis Apr 11, 2016 View on HN

Looks like the author corrected the article.

fortran77 Oct 31, 2020 View on HN

The Atlantic now has a WARNING on top of this article: Editor’s Note: After The Atlantic published this article, new information emerged that has raised serious concerns about its accuracy, and about the credibility of the author, Ruth Shalit Barrett. We have established that Barrett deceived The Atlantic and its readers about a section of the story that concerns a person referred to as “Sloane.” We are sharing with our readers what we have learned so far.

bzbarsky Sep 12, 2015 View on HN

The article doesn't seem to contain this text anymore. Which is good, since it was false.

joshu Oct 21, 2013 View on HN

That article was originally about me and was wrong. So there's that.