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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
That's an interesting question, actually. Externally, I suspect there would be few, if any, consequences unless Crosby opted to sue for defamation or something like that. Certainly Damien Cox faced no external consequence for completely failing at his job in prematurely reporting Pat Burns' death. But what do media companies do internally to address such errors?
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Originally Posted by RandySportak
I'm not sure what's going to happen in Ottawa, but I'm guessing people are trying to figure out what happened, how it happened and I'm sure there will be consequences.
Stringent regulations? Not that I've been told beyond "be 100% sure", but I have my own personal standards I believe are very high and don't waver on. If someone can point out to me an incident where that's not true, feel free to remind me.
Stories are delayed because of an inability to get confirmation.
The notoriety of an erroneous story isn't worth the fallout. That's why I hate the rumour mongering of the hockey world.
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This is the issue though, if there are likely small, few or no consequences then the benefits outweigh the negatives and the paper still makes money so even internal discipline is likely to be light.
I understand that the reputation of the paper would be tarnished in cases like these, but in today's world of constant flow of information even that gets forgotten rather quickly.