Jack Shafer Gets Results

On Aug 1, the NY Times ran a correction, responding to a point raised by Jack Shafer back at the end of June.

What took so long?  We can only speculate, but given the Times typical reluctance to admit error, we assume a certain pig-headedness was involved.

MORE:  My constructive suggestion to Times Public Editor Byron Calame and the folks who design their website - make the archived Corrections a bit more accessible.  From the Times front page, only today's corrections can be found.

If you know what you are looking for, or have a copy of an old paper, the Times search function will take you to the Corrections archives (and folks who study the archival URL can crack the code pretty quickly).

But if a casual reader wanted to browse the past week's corrections, there would be no obvious way to do so.

Just a thought - I know the Times is looking for ways to become more transparent.

Byron Calame can be reached at : [email protected]

Comments

[Charlie (Colorado)]

Are those both supposed to be links to the Slate article?

[TM]

Good point. And I guess I have to puzzle my way through the Times archive *again*.

Here is the Correction.