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Clear as mud

April 9, 2008 – 8:00 am

A story on Page A8 Saturday quoted from an anonymous e-mailed news release that was issued in September to draw attention to the newly established AustinPoliticalReport, an anonymous blog. The story should have made clear that Austin political consultant Kelly Fero, who created the blog, says he did not produce the news release. The release [...]

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Press release printed “nearly verbatim” in paper

December 17, 2007 – 8:00 am

An Editor’s Note:

In the Statesman’s Schools column on Wednesday’s Page B2 , the first three paragraphs of an item about school breakfasts were taken nearly verbatim from a news release by the Center for Public Policy Priorities. It is not the American-Statesman’s practice to print items from outside sources verbatim and without proper credit. We [...]

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Carrot cake without the carrots

December 5, 2007 – 8:00 am

On page E7 of Wednesday’s Food & Life section, a recipe for Hummingbird Carrot Cake reprinted from the cookbook “A Passion for Baking” left out an ingredient. There should be 3/4 cup grated carrots, to be stirred in along with the pecans and banana.
Thanks, Daniel!

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Death by media

November 21, 2007 – 8:00 am

A Sunday Page One story about Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle’s career incorrectly referred to Mace Thurman as “the late” district judge. He is still living.

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Attention journalists everywhere: James Dobson is not a minister

May 19, 2006 – 8:01 am

Our obsessive cataloging of corrections occasionally enables us to spot a pattern. Whether it’s the failure of newspapers to identify someone they initially misidentified in a photo, or the inability of newspapers to accurately report on, well, newspapers, we sometimes feel as though we’re listening to a broken record. Such was the case when we [...]

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