January 1, 2021

Question of the Week: January 17, 2021

SPJ

The Wall Street Journal recently published a letter from former President Donald Trump that contained debunked conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election. The New York Times last year published a column from U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton that misstated some facts. The Times posted a lengthy note to the column stating it did not meet its standards. How should news organizations treat opinion submissions that contain factual errors?

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