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I have read your defense of your headline on this forum...and on your forum. I am curious, WHY would you edit the headline at THIS point? Not that I don't think you made the right decision, but it seems like you took an "unofficial" opinion poll, and have deigned to make the change.
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Not at all. Most of this debate took place late in the day and several readers of my web site (as well as some here) made the valid point that the headline was not technically correct. I have gone back and corrected stories that were days, weeks or even months old if somebody pointed out a mistake or convinced me that I was wrong. I'm not perfect. Nobody is. If I screw up, I admit it and try to fix it.

Doug

137 posted on 07/08/2003 5:17:23 PM PDT by Doug Thompson

To: Doug Thompson

Which brings back up the other part of my post. It would be very nice to have some way to verify any part of what Terry said. Names, dates, anything

141 posted on 07/08/2003 5:22:12 PM PDT by trick question

To: Doug Thompson

Then kudos for your correction. One would hope that you would learn from this....and perhaps avoid, in the future, the penchant for using an editorialized HOOK for your column titles.

154 posted on 07/08/2003 5:52:19 PM PDT by justshe (Eliminate Freepathons! Become a monthly donor.)

To: Doug Thompson

If I screw up, I admit it and try to fix it.

Great! I assume that means you will be contacting the people at Japan Today then to get them to fix your screw up on their website as well?

209 posted on 07/09/2003 3:19:42 PM PDT by William McKinley (From you, I get opinions. From you, I get the story.)

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