My team and I have been chasing a lead for a few weeks. We were about to publish, but then another outlet beat us to it, and their story is full of errors. I want to correct the record, but I feel like we lost our chance. Do you publish anyway and correct their mistakes, or do you let it go?

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We always publish anyway. If we didn’t, we’d probably never put out another piece of news again. You wouldn’t be fixing their errors, just showing the work you did.

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Publish. Especially if their piece has errors. The correction angle can even make your version stronger. Accuracy should always trump being first.

You publish. Every time. Letting sloppy reporting stand unchallenged just spreads misinformation. If you sit quiet, you’ve failed the public. The other outlet being wrong is more reason to go harder.

Publish anyway, Reader will find the truth.

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