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Fact-checking 13-year old photographic images in the Washington Post
Misreporting on wild horses is an out-of-control problem — and Washington Post editors are locked in conflict over fixing errors or letting them stand.
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Fact-checking the New York Times: Maps and data expose cattle, not wild horses, as looming crisis.
A third reader submits hard proof of fundamental errors within the same New York Times article, and goes ignored. What does the Times choose to correct? A spelling error.
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Fact-checking The New York Times: Sources claim wild horse damage, but photos show cattle did it.
Challis wild horse herds aren't causing land health problems in the Spar Canyon. Domestic cattle — under the management responsibility of the BLM — are. And photos prove it.
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"“The Wild Horse Wars” "
The Washington Post, Seattle Times, Houston Chronicle - Nov 18, 2020
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Fact-checking 9 errors in the Washington Post, Seattle Times and Houston Chronicle
The Washington Post, Seattle Times and the Houston Chronicle all have a duty to inform the public — not disinform it.
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Fact-checking errors and omissions in the New York Times
"4% of “the West” is not, can never be considered “the West,” New York Times . You can't let that stand."
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Guardian Public Editor Responds With Fix to Wild Horse Article
An article about wild horses — “Why you really should (but really can’t) eat horse meat” — published January 9, 2015, in the Guardian was revised... [View more]
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