[SIGCIS-Members] Washington Post retracts email story & Ombudsman column

Evan Koblentz evan at snarc.net
Mon Mar 5 19:39:12 PST 2012


> Hello everyone,
>
> Good news from the email battle. The Washington Post's Ombudsman has posted
> a lengthy and detailed retraction of his previous column.
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/omblog/post/origins-of-e-mail-my-mea-cul
> pa/2012/03/01/gIQAiOD5kR_blog.html
>
> This will also make my life easier, as I no longer have to try to present
> the actual history of email, correct the Post's errors in the original story
> and Ombusman blog, and debunk Ayyadurai all in one article. We can shift the
> focus to the real history, which is ultimately more productive.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tom

Here's a new story about the email issue:
http://gizmodo.com/5888702/corruption-lies-and-death-threats-the-crazy-story-of-the-man-who-pretended-to-invent-email

I posted a comment with a link to the Post's retraction, but it has not 
yet appeared.



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