My media errors and corrections site, Regret the Error, has just been named one of the "Blogs That Matter" in Forbes magazine’s regular Best of the Web awards. It was one of only eight media blogs selected. Here’s what they said:
The concept behind this site is pretty basic: "Mistakes happen." With
that as his logo, Canadian journalist Craig Silverman tracks the
corrections (as in "we regret the error…") of newspapers, magazines
and television programs, from the BBC and Wall Street Journal to Salon.com and Rolling Stone.
A clean layout and industry-specific categories make it easy to browse.
Most frequently updated: the newspaper category. Most entertaining and
scary: the Major Errors feature. A front-page article in The Virginian-Pilot
told the story of a man who made a motorcycle ride to the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial in honor of his father’s service in the war. The
paper later found out the man’s father never served in Vietnam, and
most of his story was fabricated. Oops.
This is a great honor that puts me in the hallowed company of Romenesko, PressThink, Gawker and Buzz Machine, all of which are great blogs. I’m hella pleased.