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Re: La mirabolante reazione del direttore di Buzzfeed Canada che scopre Ciao Darwin

CraigSilverman — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 21:00:08 -0000

Looks good to me :)

Re: The year in media errors and corrections 2014

CraigSilverman — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 20:19:41 -0000

I agree that there are elements of the story that deal with real issues. But that's part of the problem: the real, important aspects of the story are overshadowed by the way Rolling Stone tackled it, and the mistakes they made. They arguably did this woman's story more harm by not doing basic verification to help it stand up to scrutiny. They failed to do the work, and instead told the story they wanted to tell.

Talking to the men accused is absolutely part of the reporting, and essential for checking the claims being made. You mention the fallibility of memory, which is a very important point. How can you then rely on the memory of the person making the accusations and not compare that with other accounts and different pints of view? Her account is stronger if the reporting backs it up.

Were parts of their article true? It seems that way, but so much about what they did was unprofessional that it has now undermined the issues at stake. It also opened the door to the awful outing of the victim and errors made in the process of that action. Highlighting Rolling Stone's work here doesn't absolve other peoples' bad journalism. And, of course, the way they responded (or didn't) also compounded the damage.

I think they deserve the Error of the Year, but I of course welcome people to disagree and to make the case for other mistakes. Thanks for weighing in.

Re: The year in media errors and corrections 2014

CraigSilverman — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:58:54 -0000

One of many worthy entrants that just didn't make the cut, I'm afraid.

Re: How to drive innovation inside large news organizations

CraigSilverman — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:26:46 -0000

Thanks for spotting that, Kate! We will fix and correct.

Re: Why Vox (and other news orgs) could use a librarian

CraigSilverman — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:18:59 -0000

Just saw your reply, Trei. Really appreciate you offering this perspective.

Re: Save me from my workout

CraigSilverman — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 22:05:13 -0000

This injury sounds like a horrible thing to experience, and to rehab. Really sorry to read this.

I did wonder in reading this piece why there wasn't more discussion of whether the injury at CrossFit could have been related to the author's years competing in kick-boxing, which caused her to pop ligaments in the exact same knee/leg.

Would someone who hadn't previously participated in competitive kick-boxing and injured that same knee have had a different experience? Is it possible the kick-boxing injury and the box jumps injury are connected?

People should absolutely be aware they can be injured at CrossFit, but having someone shatter a leg on box jumps seems pretty remarkable.

Just to speak from personal experience, I did a bit of boxing before taking up CrossFit. I hurt my left elbow in a fight and certainly had to make an effort to be aware of that when dealing with relevant CF exercises. It is tempting to push too far.

So, yes, I CrossFit and find it works for me. But people should be warned about the need to scale their workouts, and to be aware of possible injury. I've been to different CF boxes in different countries and the coaching and warm ups vary. So be aware of that, too. (But I find a really big improvement now from 5 yrs ago. Way more training and coaching and requiring people to learn the movements correctly.)

All that being said, it just seemed really strange to not do more in the piece to explain if the knee injury and the leg injury might be connected.

Re: 9 lessons Postmedia learned from cross-platform audience research

CraigSilverman — Mon, 05 May 2014 14:27:59 -0000

Is there any way to enlarge the graphic? It's unreadable at its current size.

Re: Why Vox (and other news orgs) could use a librarian

CraigSilverman — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:33:36 -0000

I once got a brief glimpse of the Circa CMS courtesy of David Cohn, but then my eyes started to melt out of my face and I had to look away. ("Raiders of the Lost Ark" reference, for anyone puzzled.)

Re: Why Vox (and other news orgs) could use a librarian

CraigSilverman — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:39:42 -0000

Thanks for the additional info, David!

Re: Thunderdome’s demise is déjà vu all over again

CraigSilverman — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 09:21:24 -0000

A great, but sad, read. I'm excited to see what you get up to next.

Re: Why the press can’t help but speculate about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight

CraigSilverman — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:45:58 -0000

A fair point, John. I don't think it's a matter of having to choose between going silent or putting out whatever you can get your hands on. There is a middle ground there, where the press can focus on pushing things forward by turning up new evidence, and by telling the stories of those aboard.

As for which is more frequent (finding wreckage or not finding it), I will hold off on speculating, as I don't have the answer :)

Re: Slate’s good strategy for correcting errors on Twitter, elsewhere

CraigSilverman — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:18:38 -0000

Thanks for that comment and tip, Tim! I've tested this with TweetDeck and it appears to work there as well.

Re: The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013

CraigSilverman — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:30:49 -0000

Thanks for catching that! Fixed and corrected. Glad you enjoyed the piece.

Re: The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013

CraigSilverman — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 08:35:59 -0000

This says they did retract the full report: http://www.washingtonpost.c...

But I agree with you that their comments have largely focused on blaming the source, rather than examining their own work.

Re: The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013

CraigSilverman — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 08:34:09 -0000

Why, that's a silly typo! Thanks for spotting it, Danny. I've corrected.

Re: The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013

CraigSilverman — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 08:33:17 -0000

In this context the "official" version means what has been put forward by officials from the Obama Administration.

Re: The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013

CraigSilverman — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 08:32:25 -0000

You win my thanks and respect. I know, not a great prize. But thank you for this!

Re: The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013

CraigSilverman — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 08:29:14 -0000

It was indeed an offensive racist prank, but it was also the station's error to not check the information they were given. So I see it as a mix of two bad things, one of which is an error.

Re: The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013

CraigSilverman — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:47:17 -0000

It seems the media (especially Gawker and the Toronto Star) had it right about Ford, so nothing I could really think to put in here...

Re: Why newspaper photo cliches make for great Tumblrs

CraigSilverman — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:58:04 -0000

My pleasure!

Re: Why newspaper photo cliches make for great Tumblrs

CraigSilverman — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:28:29 -0000

You're right, Andy. It should have just said "blog", but was changed. I will fix and correct. Thanks for sporting that!

Re: Wired correction: Dropbox co-founder did not say ‘nipples’

CraigSilverman — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:46:57 -0000

I wonder if anyone with nipples would agree with you?

Re: Wired correction: Dropbox co-founder did not say ‘nipples’

CraigSilverman — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 08:22:37 -0000

Yes, I confess to sniggering. But "nipples" and "pulse" don't really sound the same, so it's a strange misquote.

Also, "anyone with nipples" isn't a common saying. So if a source says that to you -- or you think you hear that -- wouldn't you ask them to clarify?

Re: 9 Steps To Creating Engaging Content [INFOGRAPHIC]

CraigSilverman — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:08:22 -0000

Hi Grazia,

We do offer some of the features permanently for free, but you're correct that to access everything requires a paid account. We are currently in beta so the price is $9/month per account. We will grandfather in users at that price for 12 months, regardless of where the post-beta price is set. But don't worry -- I don't expect it to be a huge increase.

Craig

Re: Why good copy editors are ‘abnormal’ humans

CraigSilverman — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:03:20 -0000

Looking forward to checking out these links. I've also never heard the ruler tip before, so thank you for that, Adrienne!