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Re: Charvel story in Vintage Guitar
Don't hold your breath. If they're anything like "regular" journalists, they will almost never run a retraction or correction. Basic journalistic credo says admitting faults = losing professional credability as an "expert". (Disregard the reality that almost NO journalists are experts in their subject matter to being with.)
Journalists are also usually on a deadline. And that makes them inherently lazy to get the facts right, because that would mean a lot of research before the deadline. Look at the recent NY Times and other fiascos. Heck, I read, see and hear inaccuracies and false statements in my local media every week.
Pretty much the only times I've seen journalists correct themselves is if:
a) they might potentially be held liable for harming someone with their false statements (i.e., "oh s**t, we're gonna get sued"), or;
b) someone's life is seriously impacted ("we reported that guy was dead but, turns out, he survived after all").
I deal with the media a little bit in my professional life. And, mostly, that has taught me that a) they should be avoided whenever possible (...Grover's the smart one) and b) with limited exceptions, they generally are not a profession to be well respected. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Don't hold your breath. If they're anything like "regular" journalists, they will almost never run a retraction or correction. Basic journalistic credo says admitting faults = losing professional credability as an "expert". (Disregard the reality that almost NO journalists are experts in their subject matter to being with.)
Journalists are also usually on a deadline. And that makes them inherently lazy to get the facts right, because that would mean a lot of research before the deadline. Look at the recent NY Times and other fiascos. Heck, I read, see and hear inaccuracies and false statements in my local media every week.
Pretty much the only times I've seen journalists correct themselves is if:
a) they might potentially be held liable for harming someone with their false statements (i.e., "oh s**t, we're gonna get sued"), or;
b) someone's life is seriously impacted ("we reported that guy was dead but, turns out, he survived after all").
I deal with the media a little bit in my professional life. And, mostly, that has taught me that a) they should be avoided whenever possible (...Grover's the smart one) and b) with limited exceptions, they generally are not a profession to be well respected. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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