Media Watch: 'Grrr Chronicle – Get a Fact Checker'

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Previously:

Allan Makes Fun of Dinosaur Chron Reporter at SF Appeal

Dinosaur Chron Reporter Asks Chef Anthony (Who at the Time is Putting a Meatloaf Sandwich into His Mouth) If He is a Vegetarian on Mission Mission

The Future of Journalism in San Francisco on Mission Mission

Ice Cream and a Shot of Beam on Mission Mission

UPDATE: (Via direct message)

humphry slocombe twitter chronicle

5 Responses to “Media Watch: 'Grrr Chronicle – Get a Fact Checker'”

  1. The best part about this is the Chronicle, two weekend ago, got Humphry, Bi-Rite, and Mitchell’s locations all mixed up for the bicycle-ice cream ride. Win!

  2. marcSFBC says:

    They got it reaaaaaaaaaaaally wrong. I made and sent them the map using google maps– I don’t know how they screwed it up that bad. Of course, it didn’t stop the 150+ folks from finding it. But hey, when you lay off 1/2 of your staff, sometimes the janitor has to do the graphic design, right…?

    Also, what’s HS twitter referring to…?

  3. marcSFBC says:

    Nevermind– found it and SFGate corrected it. I wonder what costs more– a fact-checker or time fixing errors… http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/22/DDRP18RPTU.DTL

  4. eugenia says:

    Well, I’m fairly sure that the daily print pubs don’t employ real fact checkers any more. And then they come around and ask us ‘bloggers’ if we care whether our facts are right. Whatevs, I say. It’s their own funeral.

  5. Kristine says:

    Too bad their ice cream still tastes like soap.