Assignment 4: News Organizations and how they handle corrections/mistakes


The Charleston Daily Mail's policy on corrections shows they are willing to admit their reporters, editors, and other staffers make mistakes and they want to correct those mistakes as soon as possible to provide their readers with the most accurate news.

This willingness to openly publish their mistakes shows The Daily Mail wants to provide its readers with 100 percent accurate news and will take the necessary steps to do so even though it means publishing their mistakes for all to see. It gives the organization credibility in the readers' eyes knowing that if mistakes are made they will be addressed quickly and presented to readers, so they can see what mistakes were made and see what the correct information is.

News organizations having policies such as The Daily Mail's and following through with these policies helps with the presumption that news organizations are not credible because of their mistakes according to the Urban study. Admitting and publishing mistakes and correcting them shows news organizations are trying to reverse this thought.