Comments on: Correcting the error on Twitter: how NPR’s mistake about Arizona shooting quickly spread

By: JTownend

JTownend — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:39:00 +0000

I agree it would be a difficult one to implement. Even with the new RT system designed to stop editing of tweets, people still get round it (me included) in order to add an extra comment.

The discussion has continued since I wrote this post. See:
http://www.regrettheerror.com/2011/01/17/what-would-a-twitter-correction-function-look-like/

http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/114595/live-chat-how-should-journalists-handle-incorrect-tweets/

& Quora: http://www.quora.com/How-might-a-Twitter-correction-tool-work

By: Philip John

Philip John — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:26:50 +0000

The ‘correction’ idea is a nice one though I can’t see it ever happening. Imagine the fun phishers and spammers would have changing links…

IMO deleting that original tweet would have been perfectly justified, so long as another tweet correcting the falsity was sent out. That’d get rid of all the Twitter RTs and then any ‘old style’ RTs would not be traceable to the original, leaving them questionable.

Perhaps news organisations should have a tool on standby that allows them to mass reply to everyone who RTs something, just in case. Open to abuse though, of course.

By: Laura Oliver

Laura Oliver — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:55:49 +0000

Really interesting to read the comments from NPR’s Andy Carvin and Alex Gubbay from BBC News’ social media team to find out more about the decisions made in tweeting the news – also for the views on deleting vs keeping inaccurate news tweets as part of the record of the event.

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