"If your mother tells you she loves you, check it out," is a time-honored journalism maxim attributable to Chicago's late but legendary City News Bureau. Now it's one of "Eight simple rules for doing accurate journalism" from Craig Silverman of the Regret the Error blog. Another: "People will forget who got it first, but they remember who got it wrong." Also, from Steve Buttry, resources on accuracy and verification.
September 19, 2011