For the Record
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 08.22.05 | 10:38 AM ET
We recently took issue with the way The New York Times described World Hum in a story earlier this month. We’re pleased that the newspaper set the record straight on Sunday: “An article on Aug. 7 about Web sites that include reader reports on travel referred incorrectly to contributors to Worldhum.com. While the site indeed welcomes opinions from readers, many of its contributors have been previously published; they are not beginners.”
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
Frank 08.22.05 | 12:46 PM ET
Brilliant! I think they should bring back public flogging.
Jim Benning 08.22.05 | 12:55 PM ET
Very funny, Frank.
But seriously, good for The Times for correcting the record. We all make mistakes. I’ve certainly made a few. If you’ve ever had to correct something you’ve written, you know all too well it feels like a public flogging. It’s not fun.
Frank 08.22.05 | 2:10 PM ET
To me it feels more like being tarred and feathered. But you’re right—unpleasant, at any rate.