Month: April 2013
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New at CJR: The incentives for speed-induced errors
My new column for Columbia Journalism Review examines the incentives that helped produce the stream of media errors during last week’s coverage of the Boston marathon bombings. Here’s an excerpt: Why did much of the media perform so poorly? Breaking news events have always been difficult and confusing to cover; errors are frequently made. However,
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New at CJR: Exit interview with Politifact’s Bill Adair
My new column at CJR is an interview with Politifact founder Bill Adair, who is leaving the site and the Tampa Bay Times (where he serves as White House bureau chief) for a position at Duke University. Here’s an excerpt: BN: Now seems like a good time to look back at what you’ve accomplished at