from the things-are-busy dept
From our friends over at
Dealbreaker, we learn that those bastions of professional journalism, Reuters,
published a premature obituary for George Soros (where they left in the XXs for his age).
Upon realizing this, Reuters issued an
apology, but apparently left the original story up for about an hour before someone realized that perhaps they should pull it down.
Hey, everyone makes mistakes, but it seems a little silly when people want to argue that bloggers are untrustworthy and that the mainstream media is careful about these things. Following their massive
fuck up concerning the Boston Marathon bombing and then followed by stories like this, I think it's safe to note that mistakes happen across the board -- though it seems as if amateur blogs and the like often seem a lot faster about making corrections...
Filed Under: george soros, journalism, obituary, reporting
Companies: reuters
