Monday, February 1, 2010

Fact Checking, Susan Eder


Writer: Trish Audette and Archie McLean
Article: "Edmonton's Northlands hires lobbyist", denies it has arena plans
Newspaper: The Edmonton Journal
Date: February 1st 2010
Publisher: John McDonald

The article was critiqued for:Numbers & Math Names
Titles (people, books etc.)LocationsCompare quotes to notes/recordingQuote AttributionDefinitionsURLsSpelling & GrammarSpellchecker Errors

The only mistake found was that the name Jason G. Hatcher was missing the G. in his name.

THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCURACY
It is important to be accurate so that the reader will understand what the writer was trying to convey. The writer in this instance did a good job on being accurate. This is important for the credibility of the paper.

1 comment:

  1. "THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCURACY
    It is important to be accurate so that the reader will understand what the writer was trying to convey. The writer in this instance did a good job on being accurate. This is important for the credibility of the paper."

    I believe this should be altered to:

    "The writer in this instance did a good job being accurate."

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