http://www.metafilter.com/tags/minedisaster Posts tagged with 'minedisaster' at MetaFilter. Wed, 04 Jan 2006 01:46:14 -0800 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 01:46:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/48007/Miscommunication When you pick up the newspaper this morning, the headline is likely to read something like <a href="http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-01-04T075208Z_01_HAR267881_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-MINERALS-EXPLOSION-COL.XML">"12 trapped miners found alive in 'miracle,'"</a> when in all actuality, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/04/mine.explosion.wed/index.html">there was only one survivor</a>. Fingers are already starting to be pointed at who could be at fault for the "miscommunication," meanwhile, newspapers whose printing deadlines have already come and gone, such as <a href="http://www.newspagedesigner.com/users/2160/BCT010406.jpg">the Beaver County Times</a> <small>(<a href="http://www.newspagedesigner.com/portfolios/by_category_detail.php?Category=News">more</a>)</small>, will hit doorsteps and newsstands across the nation with incorrect headlines, parallel to the infamous <a href="http://americana.heritagegalleries.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1083&Lot_No=261&src=pr">Dewey Defeats Truman</a> headline.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.48007 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 01:46:14 -0800 errata minedisaster newsfilter Kevin Sanders