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6/11/15

After a mistake goes viral, address it directly

When the East Oregonian published a headline earlier this week saying a baseball pitcher was “amphibious,” a picture of the headline quickly spread across the Internet. The newspaper responded by publishing a column online acknowledging its mistake, a decision David Higgerson says is the right way to move on after a mistake goes viral. By ignoring a mistake or trying to cover it up, Higgerson says things will only get worse: “Journalists are human, and readers will respect that.”

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