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Apr. 3—-
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was misidentified as a Republican due to
an editing error in a campaign funding story Sunday on Page A3. Obama,
a 2008 presidential candidate, is a Democrat. Link
At least they didn’t call him Osama.
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Apr. 3—-
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was misidentified as a Republican due to
an editing error in a campaign funding story Sunday on Page A3. Obama,
a 2008 presidential candidate, is a Democrat. Link
At least they didn’t call him Osama.
I offered some basic advice for preventing factual errors in this post. You should also download the free Regret the Error accuracy checklist here.
I explained why checklists are so effective in this column for Columbia Journalism Review.
Finally, you have any tips or tricks for helping prevent errors, please share them with me, so I can share them with others.