tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post953907494107614305..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: Did This Commenter Mean To Hurt The N&O?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-21470336646407537102009-02-16T14:51:00.000-05:002009-02-16T14:51:00.000-05:00"Those who do not subscribe to a newspaper are uni..."Those who do not subscribe to a newspaper are uninformed, those who do are misinformed". Mark Twain via Steve in New MexicoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-65742166413721078842009-02-16T02:25:00.000-05:002009-02-16T02:25:00.000-05:00The commenter might have some sort of a point. The...The commenter might have some sort of a point. The AP is probably one of the few "news" organizations worse than the N&O. But, somehow, I don't think that is what he was trying to say.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, anyone who believes anything in the lapdog media is simply not paying attention.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16967895317156770810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-84381068301072163012009-02-15T21:49:00.000-05:002009-02-15T21:49:00.000-05:00Dear Steve,Thank you for your response.There is no...Dear Steve,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your response.<BR/><BR/>There is no correction on the newsobserver.com page where the bogus story is published, and where the N&O links to its copyrighted photos for sale (framed and unframed) at its Photo Shop.<BR/><BR/>In an earlier post I reported the AP had made a correction and that newsobserver.com had it available. <BR/><BR/>From that previous post: "If you’re thinking: 'This sounds too good to be true,' you’re right. The story’s bogus and after much pressure the AP has finally printed a correction which is available at newsobserver.com."<BR/><BR/>Here’s the URL: http://johninnorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2009/02/n-fell-for-bogus-atlantic-swimmer-story.html<BR/><BR/>Why hasn’t the N&O placed the correction and an alert to the rollback story at the head of the original bogus story you were still hosting at newsobserver.com at least until just a few hours ago?<BR/><BR/>When I went now, first a little before and then at 9 PM ET today, 2/15/09, to newsobserver.com archives and searched using the entry word “Figge” and the date frame 2/1/09 to 2/15/09, no articles were found.<BR/><BR/>Using only the search word “Figge” I expanded the search date frame to all days hosted in the archives. <BR/><BR/>That produced three articles, none of them related to “Atlantic swimmer” Figge.<BR/><BR/>I checked spelling, dates and then reentered the data.<BR/><BR/>The results for both date frames were the same.<BR/><BR/>What happened? Am I doing something wrong? Where are newsobserver.com’s “Atlantic swimmer” Figge stories and the correction I found there?<BR/><BR/>I hope you can help.<BR/><BR/>I printed and saved a search report from the all dates search and will include that in a post tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>I’ll be in touch with you tomorrow regarding the rest of you comment.<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your reading and commenting.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/>JohnJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275423713054782480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-63600642593752933302009-02-15T20:23:00.000-05:002009-02-15T20:23:00.000-05:00Hey, John. Steve Merelman here, 1A editor of The N...Hey, John. Steve Merelman here, 1A editor of The N&O. I think the dyspeptic commenter is pretty accurate -- the web site contains lots of AP copy that comes via an automatic feed. And you can find the AP's rollback of the swimmer story on the site as well:<BR/><BR/>http://www.newsobserver.com/1577/story/1403942.html<BR/><BR/>Also, I wanted to reiterate my invitation of a few months ago. You or any of your readers are welcome to come visit us down here any time you like, and attend my front-page news meeting. I know you don't wish to reveal your true identity, and you certainly don't have to. Heck, you can wear a Lone Ranger mask if you want. But the door is always open -- merelman@newsobserver.com or 829-8950. <BR/><BR/>All the best, <BR/><BR/>smmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com