Dear Somerville Journal

[bombardiette.livejournal.com]

Before posting a story giving credit where none is due, please check your sources.

While we appreciate the coverage and the sentiment behind your article on Veteran's Day,

The City Did Not Hold This Event. The Post itself did and paid for everything out of its own pocket.

I know that the commander of The Post made attempts to contact your offices yesterday to clear this up, but I also wanted to set the record straight.

Thank you very much.

::EDIT:: For those pointing out the quality of the article in question, my S/O just noted that..."A severely ADHD rabbit could have written it better"

IAWTS 100%.

Comments

[bombardiette.livejournal.com]

LOL! You rock.

I'm a nit-picker like that as well. I know I'm prone to typos in my own journal, but when it comes to statements, names, facts and the like, you're absolutely spot on.

How you communicate, whether verbally or in written form does speak volumes when it comes to credibility - and journalists, of all people, should know this.

Of course, so should editors...

[ron_newman]

I wrote for my high school newspaper, two different student newspapers at MIT, and later for the Somerville Community News, a now-defunct, all-volunteer monthly whose left-wing politics you'd probably hate. Do enough of this, and the importance of accuracy becomes evident.

[bombardiette.livejournal.com]

Be fair Ron. I don't like ANY politics in my news. I want news, not your opinions.

When I want opinions, I ask for them.

In my line of work, accuracy is critical.