Regret the Error How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil Free Speech |
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| Author:
| Silverman, Craig |
| Foreword by:
| Jarvis, Jeff |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4027-6564-3 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Publisher: | Union Square Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.95 |
Book Description:
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Winner of the National Press Club’s 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 errors--running the gamut from hilarious to tragic--include "Fuzzy Numbers” (when...
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Winner of the National Press Club’s 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 errors--running the gamut from hilarious to tragic--include "Fuzzy Numbers” (when numbers and math undermine reporting) "Obiticide” (printing the obituary of a living person), and "Unintended Consequences” (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 journalism’s 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.