December 17, 2004

General:

Reuters issues a correction

    By Jack Grant

A correction has been issued for a Reuters News story:

Please read headline as "Michael Jackson to invite visitors to Neverland" ... instead of ... "Jackson to throw kids holiday party at Neverland" and in first paragraph "...open to a group of visitors on Friday."
Headlines, fascinating how much meaning is conveyed in such a few words. In a certain context a headline can be changed from having rather unpleasant implications to something banal.

I wonder if the "correction" was prompted by lawsuit concerns, or perhaps objections from the Jackson PR machine.

Posted by Jack Grant at 07:50 on 17 December 2004
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