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Some of you were displeased when a series of editor's notes attached to letters directed you to a blog for a fuller explanation on the thinking behind a controversial story (in this case, coverage of a fatal SUV crash involving a teen driver and passengers).

To put it mildly, you didn't want the explanation in a blog. You wanted it in the printed paper.

My colleague, News & Record Editor John Robinson, and I thought the blog might be a nice way to give you a fuller explanation than an editor's note would allow. We may have been wrong.

John explains.

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John Robinson said:

I don't think we were wrong in referring people to the blog for the full explanation. The blog was a timely way to handle it. But I think I was wrong in deciding not to use the newspaper column for the explanation as well. I'm going to correct that this Sunday.

John Appel said:

The problem with doing corrections or explanations in the blog format is that very few people will see it. I think the writers were encouraging you to print an explanation so the general citizenry would see it, not just them
In the Letter To The Editor blog section you've got about 12-15 people that regularly contribute. Your printed circulation reaches tens of thousands, and I'll wager most don't bo the blog thing on here.
Out of a population of about 350,000 you only have a handful using the blog function on here.
So wouldn't a retraction or explanation be better served by including it in the printed edition?

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