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patricia92243

(12,595 posts)
Mon Nov 11, 2019, 08:01 AM Nov 2019

Correct quote from journalest who said it wrong.

My story about @PeteButtigieg ends with him referring to the “failures of the Obama era.” That’s an inaccurate quote — the result of transcribing a noisy recording at a loud rally. His exact words were “failures of the old normal”

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Correct quote from journalest who said it wrong. (Original Post) patricia92243 Nov 2019 OP
Thanks to the journalist who said it wrong! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2019 #1

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,580 posts)
1. Thanks to the journalist who said it wrong!
Mon Nov 11, 2019, 09:45 AM
Nov 2019

In the heat of a noisy venue, it's easy to hear things that later on turn out to be distorted.

It takes an ethical reporter to stand up and say "I got it wrong. This is what he actually said."

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