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Originally Posted by elcreative
When something is completely wrong then it should be clearly noted with a direct pointer to the proper information... this is one of the things that the web is really good at but dropping in a footnote just means most people are likely to miss it and take the original statement as gospel...
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Newspapers have been doing this for years. The will print out accusations in bold and very large print on the front page. If they ever have to correct information or print a refraction, you will find it on page 64 or something similar. I think they hate admitting mistakes.