• morrowind@lemmy.ml
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      Nothing wrong with admitting your mistakes, but also seems to me that you should be able to fix them without publicly announcing it.

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        Not in the news world. Corrections need to be made so people don’t go around spewing nonsense.

        EDIT: And those corrections need to be bold and assert themselves. You can’t simply change your words and expect people to find the corrections themselves. That is too much work for the reader, and stating corrections is VERY easy for the publisher.

        • Ludwig van Beethoven@sh.itjust.works
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          This. My national news agency publishes corrections like in ye olden days with ye olde telex: separate issue

          example would be:

          CORRECTION - President denounces war in Israel

          BULLETIN - President denounces war in Isral

          listed separately, added in their own archives etc.

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        also seems to me that you should be able to fix them without publicly announcing it.

        You would seem to be wrong then lol. News has standards higher than Uncle Joe’s Truckin’ Blog™ or someone’s Aunt’s Facebook post.

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        There is no whiteout.

        You will strike thru the error using a single line, leaving the error legible. Then amend the document with the valid information and initial the change as authorized.

        You then submit the new draft, with visible corrections, to be published.

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          That’s exactly how they taught us in nursing school. If you try and hide the mistake by “scratching” it out, it’s assumed that you’re hiding something. A single strike thru with an initial; owning your mistake. Mistakes are expected, and so is being honest about it. Makes you think twice before writing anything half-assed

          Granted, most of us don’t do paper-charting anymore; but the EMR still tracks any addendum. Don’t go writing bullshit that you’re unable to explain

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            Same with engineering type courses too. And all my science labs. And any contracts job forms etc. I’m constantly trying to get apprentices to break the habit of scratching things out. We dont destroy information. What if you were wrong about being wrong? And write units for things and not just numbers dammit.