Sullivan: How Not to Apologize When Your Publication Makes a Mistake

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Some corrections are epic — such as the one in The Washington Post last year that, at nearly 600 words dealing with more than a dozen errors, seemed almost as lengthy as the story itself.

Some are lame — such as the “editor’s note” apology in Newsweek a few days ago that didn’t begin to embrace the magnitude of the screw-up behind the publication of a misinformed opinion piece that basically invited a revival of birtherism by stoking false, ugly theorizing about Kamala Harris’s citizenship.

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