It’s interesting to me that The Guardian’s article article about the soldier kidnapped in Iraq – the one who turns out to be a GI Joe action figure – refers readers to its blog for the details of the correction.

Why the blog? Perhaps because the blog lets the Guardian talk in a less guarded, more human voice. If the correction were noted in the usual way, could the Guardian have written “Sick as they are, such hoaxes have happened before…,” for example?

It makes sense to me: Fallibility is the mark of humanity, and, oddly, it’s one of the reasons people trust blogs.

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