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In our view: Technology offers promise

March 16, 2010

The Joplin Globe

Earlier this month, a Missouri newspaper reported on a school district’s policies about student musicians. District officials said the story contained a major error and requested a correction.

The online version of the story includes the corrected information, and the paper ran the correction in the next edition of the paper. It was a run-of-the-mill correction process similar to what happens in newspapers across the country.

The only difference: It was discussed via Twitter.

Read more of "In our view: Technology offers promise" from The Joplin Globe.



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