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Articles about "Twitter Corrections"

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How journalists can do a better job of correcting errors on social media

July 26, 2012 11:19 am

Earlier this month I was in London to participate in the news:rewired journalism conference put on by Journalism.co.uk. My panel was about rumors, verification and corrections, and I was there to help provide some suggestions for handling corrections in … Read more

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Visualized: Incorrect information travels farther, faster on Twitter than corrections

Mar. 7, 2012 10:43 am

Many times on Twitter I’ve witnessed what I call The Law of Incorrect Tweets:

Initial, inaccurate information will be retweeted more than any subsequent correction.

The goal should be to make the correction as viral as the mistake. But that’s … Read more

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