Errors and Omissions

A sad day in Peabody, MA, turns even sadder

From the Boston Globe:

Editor's note: Because of reporting and editing errors, material taken from a Myspace.com website was mistakenly attributed to George D. Kalogeropoulos in a story in Sunday's City & Region section about Kalogeropoulos's killing of his father and sister and suicide. The website cited in the story is that of another individual who is unconnected to the events described. The material should not have been published.

I imagine reporters rushing to Myspace to learn about otherwise anonymous people who become newsworthy (even for the above tragic reason). I suppose this kind of mistake was inevitable--which doesn't make it any less egregious.

newspapers, media, errors

posted by Unknown @ 6/27/2006 06:17:00 AM