Fact checkers

This story about fact-checkers led me to Craig Silverman's website (and book) Regret the Error, which reports on reports on media corrections, retractions, apologies, clarifications and trends regarding accuracy and honesty in the press. Here is a choice example of an unchecked fact:

Thursday, December 3, 2009

A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number.(Washington Post)

My favorite erratum ever, however, is from Beachcomber:

In our recent article on the price of milk, “Horses” should have read “Cows” throughout.