Comments on: Correction http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:52:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Peter Jakubowicz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16748 Peter Jakubowicz Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:22:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16748 Ha ... I just finished "Fooled by Randomness" (ppbk ed.); and Taleb has some funny things to say about WIll, refers to Will as his bete noire, and dismisses him as an entertainer. In a nutshell, I think the problem is when a journalist writes about something you the reader know a lot about, you the reader is forced to realize how much baloney masquerading as thought is published in newspapers generally. Ha … I just finished “Fooled by Randomness” (ppbk ed.); and Taleb has some funny things to say about WIll, refers to Will as his bete noire, and dismisses him as an entertainer. In a nutshell, I think the problem is when a journalist writes about something you the reader know a lot about, you the reader is forced to realize how much baloney masquerading as thought is published in newspapers generally.

]]> By: Mea culpa: I trusted George Will and Washington Post fact checking http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16730 Mea culpa: I trusted George Will and Washington Post fact checking Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:47:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16730 [...] Zimmer, The Loom, Discover, Correction In several posts in my series on George Will’s misleading claims about global warming in the [...] [...] Zimmer, The Loom, Discover, Correction In several posts in my series on George Will’s misleading claims about global warming in the [...]

]]> By: Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16698 Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor) Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:07:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16698 Grist had a good post/article on how strange it is that the Post's newsies (Freeman, Eilperin, and Sheridan, as also mentioned by Think Progress' Johnson, above) are slagging on their own paper's editorial page trying to set the record straight: http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-07-post-reporter-calls-out-will/ Grist had a good post/article on how strange it is that the Post’s newsies (Freeman, Eilperin, and Sheridan, as also mentioned by Think Progress’ Johnson, above) are slagging on their own paper’s editorial page trying to set the record straight: http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-07-post-reporter-calls-out-will/

]]> By: Michael http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16684 Michael Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:25:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16684 OK, Carl, I'll buy that your particular paper did well. I have noticed that when some paper prints an error on page one, the correction is usually on page 21. OK, Carl, I’ll buy that your particular paper did well. I have noticed that when some paper prints an error on page one, the correction is usually on page 21.

]]> By: rickflick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16681 rickflick Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:30:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16681 Nicely done Carl. You have used the error an opportunity to make the point again - forcefully. Nicely done Carl. You have used the error an opportunity to make the point again – forcefully.

]]> By: Michael http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16680 Michael Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:21:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16680 The Washington Post, as is the norm for most large newspapers, just doesn't think it's important to publish corrections. It all about circulation and revenue, not about facts. <strong>[Carl: I think the corrections I mentioned to my own newspaper articles are evidence that this is not true.]</strong> The Washington Post, as is the norm for most large newspapers, just doesn’t think it’s important to publish corrections. It all about circulation and revenue, not about facts.

[Carl: I think the corrections I mentioned to my own newspaper articles are evidence that this is not true.]

]]> By: I Made an Error. I Now Correct It. | The Intersection | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16679 I Made an Error. I Now Correct It. | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:15:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16679 [...] catch the error, which apparently originates with one Michael Ascher. Carl Zimmer has already run his own correction. I now join the crowd. Sorry folks, we try to avoid these things…and when something like this [...] [...] catch the error, which apparently originates with one Michael Ascher. Carl Zimmer has already run his own correction. I now join the crowd. Sorry folks, we try to avoid these things…and when something like this [...]

]]> By: Albert Bakker http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16674 Albert Bakker Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:57:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16674 If ethics were a criterium in journalism, newspapers would be illegal. If ethics were a criterium in journalism, newspapers would be illegal.

]]> By: Joshua Zelinsky http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16670 Joshua Zelinsky Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:21:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16670 There are ethical bloggers and unethical bloggers just as their are ethical journalists and unethical journalists. But yes, one would have thought that the Washington Post would generally be on the ethical side of things. There are ethical bloggers and unethical bloggers just as their are ethical journalists and unethical journalists. But yes, one would have thought that the Washington Post would generally be on the ethical side of things.

]]> By: A Wrinkle In Ice (or Not) | The Loom | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16668 A Wrinkle In Ice (or Not) | The Loom | Discover Magazine Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:27:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16668 [...] Correction: I erroneously called the University of Illinois Polar Research Group the University of Illinois Arctic Climate Research Center. The latter, used by George Will, is a fabrication. Details here. [...] [...] Correction: I erroneously called the University of Illinois Polar Research Group the University of Illinois Arctic Climate Research Center. The latter, used by George Will, is a fabrication. Details here. [...]

]]> By: The Sea Ice Affair, Continued | The Loom | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16667 The Sea Ice Affair, Continued | The Loom | Discover Magazine Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:22:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16667 [...] [Correction, 4/7: It turns out that there is no such thing as the Arctic Climate Research Center at the University of Illinois. That is a fabricated name. I should have referred to the Polar Research Group. Details here.] [...] [...] [Correction, 4/7: It turns out that there is no such thing as the Arctic Climate Research Center at the University of Illinois. That is a fabricated name. I should have referred to the Polar Research Group. Details here.] [...]

]]> By: Ice, Ice Baby: When Fact-Checking Is Not Fact-Checking | The Loom | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16666 Ice, Ice Baby: When Fact-Checking Is Not Fact-Checking | The Loom | Discover Magazine Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:20:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16666 [...] Update, 4/7/09: Alexander’s use of “Arctic Climate Research Center” is incorrect. [...] [...] Update, 4/7/09: Alexander’s use of “Arctic Climate Research Center” is incorrect. [...]

]]> By: Unchecked Ice: A Saga in Five Chapters | The Loom | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/comment-page-1/#comment-16665 Unchecked Ice: A Saga in Five Chapters | The Loom | Discover Magazine Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:18:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/04/07/correction/#comment-16665 [...] [Correction, 4/7/09: Bill Chapman is a member of the Polar Research Group at the University of Illinois. Despite George Will’s claims in his column, there is no such thing as the Arctic Climate Research Center at the University of Illinois. I regret not noticing this error sooner. Details here.] [...] [...] [Correction, 4/7/09: Bill Chapman is a member of the Polar Research Group at the University of Illinois. Despite George Will’s claims in his column, there is no such thing as the Arctic Climate Research Center at the University of Illinois. I regret not noticing this error sooner. Details here.] [...]

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