Watch the money. That’s how you tell if a position is sincere. If the paper hired a copy editor or two after they recognized the 6% rise in mistakes, then they mean the apology. Otherwise, they don’t really give a flying… (well, the editors might but the publishers certainly don’t).

For spelling/grammar, I silently correct. For factual or matters of opinion where I was wrong I always apologize and inline the correct information [Ed: this is incorrect, he rarely apologizes].

This is a great cause to take up. Good peer pressure is what keeps social groups free of oppressive legislation. Getting it right matters. The attitude that it does matter filters down into all aspects of life.

It doesn’t take much to make a slip like that. I’ve done plenty. And the wonder of spell check, as the article shows, doesn’t always catch all the boo boos. “Form” and “From” are easily missed since they are both spelled right. But as Edrei pointed out, a slip of the finger is unintentional, but a rock shattering misquote or missed verification can indeed do damage, not only to the writer but the business and the target of the story.

I really think this is the kind of thing we need to talk about. Get it out in the open. The more we know, the more we can screw up - sorry, the more we can set right what was screwed up or prevent it in the first place.

Update: Now I changed it to this

I try to keep away from ‘hot’ topics though publishing a link on Digg with a slight OOPS was not planned yesterday and I so wish I could have taken it back.

Instead of IE7, I ended up entering IE&. (A Slight slip of the SHIFT Key) The spell check and likes worked fine for the content just the title was the culprit as I did not spell check the title, only the content. And it was detected by me around a millisecond after clicking ‘Submit’

Only 309 Comments on the entry so far on Digg and picked up or I should say commented on by 3 users as I have stopped reading all the comments

Now I am looking for spell checking features for the Title of a blog post.

It doesn’t affect my credibility much, everyone makes mistakes. It’s only when its meant to be your job to know alot about what you’re writing about that your credibility is at stake. I don’t recommend anyone writing about what is meant to be their job. If you make a mistake…it can cost you your credibility…or even your job.