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Obituary for Journalism - Washington Post story gets 15 corrections
Posted by jbgleason on 8/8/19 at 12:16 pm263
Scary that the public depends on people like this for information that leads to decision making. Wall of text but it is telling to see the types of errors.
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The Washington Post admitted leadership is embarrassed after the paper was forced to issue a whopping 15 corrections to one story about black families struggling to keep their southern farmland. “We are embarrassed by the widespread errors in this freelance article. We have published a detailed correction of each error and updated the story based on re-reporting by Post staff,”
The story by Korsha Wilson originally ran on July 23 and has been updated after a laundry list of gaffes and inaccuracies.
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The corrections include everything from misspelling to the omission of “key details” pertinent to the story. This is how the Post described each error:
"The first name of Emanuel Freeman Sr. was misspelled."
"Contrary to what was reported in the initial article, Freeman Sr.’s grandson, Johnny, did not refuse to move off a Halifax, Va., sidewalk for a white woman; he was talking to her, which drew the ire of some white locals, including the Ku Klux Klan. When a crowd gathered at the Freeman home where Johnny fled, gunfire was exchanged, and one family member’s home was set ablaze."
"The 2017 U.S. Agricultural Census compared farmland owned and operated, not simply owned, by white and black farmers."
"The number of children Freeman had with his second wife, Rebecca, was eight, not 10."
"Ownership of Freeman’s property was not transferred to heirs when Rebecca died. In fact, he used a trust before he died to divide his property among his heirs."
"The partition sale of the Freeman estate was in 2016, not 2018, and it included 360 acres of the original 1,000, not 30 acres of the original 99."
"The story omitted key details that affect understanding of ownership of the land. Melinda J.G. Hyman says 'Jr.' and 'Sr.' were left off the names of father and son on documents, and the land was mistakenly combined under Rebecca’s name, meaning some descendants did not receive proper ownership. After requesting a summary of the property, Hyman says, she found her great-aunt, Pinkie Freeman Logan, was the rightful heir to hundreds of acres, but they were not properly transferred to her. In 2016, Hyman says, 360 acres of the original 1,000 were auctioned off after a lengthy court battle, a decision she says she and some other family members dispute."
"The article omitted Hyman’s statement that actions by law firm Bagwell & Bagwell constitute apparent conflicts of interest and omitted firm owner George H. Bagwell’s response denying that allegation."
"A description by agricultural lawyer Jillian Hishaw of laws governing who inherits property when a landowner dies was a reference to the laws in most states, not more than 20 states. She was also generally describing these laws, not referring to Virginia law."
"A study the article said compared the prevalence of estate planning by older white and older black Americans was published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine, not the National Library of Medicine, and was about possession of advance health directives, not estate planning."
"Tashi Terry said, 'Welcome to Belle Terry Lane,' not 'Welcome to Belle Terry Farm.' The property is named Terry Farm."
"Aubrey Terry did not buy 170 acres with his siblings in 1963; his parents bought the 150-acre property in 1961."
"The eldest Terry brother died in 2011, not 2015."
"The article omitted Tashi Terry’s account of some incidents that led to a lawsuit seeking a partition sale of her family’s farm and her allegations against Bagwell & Bagwell, which the firm denies."
"A law proposed to protect heirs from losing land in partition sales is called the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, not the Partition of Heirs Property Act. 'Tenants in common' are not solely defined as those living on a property; they are all those who own a share in the property. The act would not require heirs living on a property to come to an agreement before it can be sold, but would instead provide several other protections."
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re: Obituary for Journalism - Washington Post story gets 15 correctionsPosted by JetsetNuggs on 8/8/19 at 12:19 pm to jbgleason
Literally fake news
re: Obituary for Journalism - Washington Post story gets 15 correctionsPosted by stapuffmarshy on 8/8/19 at 12:19 pm to jbgleason
When the news became for-profit is when journalism died.
re: Obituary for Journalism - Washington Post story gets 15 correctionsPosted by 777Tiger on 8/8/19 at 12:20 pm to stapuffmarshy
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When the news became for-profit is when journalism died.
so the news miscarried?
re: Obituary for Journalism - Washington Post story gets 15 correctionsPosted by Oilfieldbiology on 8/8/19 at 12:24 pm to stapuffmarshy
When newspapers refused to adapt with the internet AND decided to allow ideological slants to pass as news is when it died
re: Obituary for Journalism - Washington Post story gets 15 correctionsPosted by Jones on 8/8/19 at 12:26 pm to stapuffmarshy
When news became 24/7 channels by themselves, news became fake news
re: Obituary for Journalism - Washington Post story gets 15 correctionsPosted by brass2mouth on 8/8/19 at 12:26 pm to jbgleason
Doesn’t matter she started the discussion.
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re: Obituary for Journalism - Washington Post story gets 15 correctionsPosted by Tarps99 on 8/8/19 at 12:28 pm to stapuffmarshy
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When the news became for-profit is when journalism died.
News has always been in search of a profit see yellow journalism and tabloids.
Problem is that no one wants to compete against each other and it is dying because you cannot compete against instant news and places like Facebook.
re: Obituary for Journalism - Washington Post story gets 15 correctionsPosted by CockHolliday on 8/8/19 at 12:33 pm to jbgleason
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Korsha
re: Obituary for Journalism - Washington Post story gets 15 correctionsPosted by TheHarahanian on 8/8/19 at 12:34 pm to jbgleason
The writer practically had to make the story up to have that many errors in it.
Layers and layers of fact checking.
The Enquirer meets journalistic standards better than them, if only for the simple reason that they have been sued and lost before. Losing means they know what cost them a ton of money and the steps to take to prevent a repeat.
The Enquirer meets journalistic standards better than them, if only for the simple reason that they have been sued and lost before. Losing means they know what cost them a ton of money and the steps to take to prevent a repeat.
re: Obituary for Journalism - Washington Post story gets 15 correctionsPosted by Darth_Vader on 8/8/19 at 1:18 pm to stapuffmarshy
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When the news became for-profit is when journalism died.
Exactly when do you think News corporations were non-profits?
re: Obituary for Journalism - Washington Post story gets 15 correctionsPosted by cleeveclever on 8/8/19 at 1:29 pm to upgrayedd
At least they fessed up to the errors. In today's world, they easily could have let it ride and never heard another word about it. Fact checking is a lost art.
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