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Saturday, February 15, 2003

Internet Verifying information -- and what can happen when you don't

No matter how often the media gets warned to verify information -- especially online information -- it seems journalists never learn. Here are a a few tips to help you make sure you get the facts straight, followed by a summary of some of the cyber slip-ups journalists have made.
China's Beijing Evening News copied an article from The Onion, not realizing it was satire, and published a rewritten version reporting that Congress was threatening to move out of Washington unless a fancy new Capitol is built.
· Web of Slip-Ups [Cyberjournalist]