joelrosenberg (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} joelrosenberg) wrote,@ 2005-06-13 13:47:00 |
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How, I think, to correct an error
I'm not sure whether I misspoke to my friend, Mark Koscielski, or he misheard, when I called him about this Friday night, but there was an error that went out the next morning, and I've promised to correct it.
How minor an error? Not for me to say. Mark's faxing the following press release to all of the local media outlets, as I'm writing this; I'm publishing this here.
Joel Rosenberg
Ellegon, Inc.
[address information deleted]
email: joelr@ellegon.com
For Immediate Release: June 13, 2005
Error in June 11 Press Release
Many media outlets in the Twin Cities area received a press release on June 11, discussing an unusual situation in which two Minnesotans, the victims of a series of crimes, had been issued emergency carry permits by their local sheriff last week, and were being trained for their 5-year-permits by a local carry permit instructor. That story was featured on Fox 9 News that night.
There was an error in that press release: instead of accurately describing the issuing sheriff as the sheriff of Isanti County, the press release said that it was the Washington County Sheriff.
That was inaccurate, and the mistake, while arguably minor, is regretted. It was, in fact, the sheriff of Isanti county who issued the two emergency permits. The reporters and staff at Fox News neither made the error, nor repeated it: their story, broadcast later that night, was completely accurate, including the correct county. In fact, Fox 9 News quite properly called Isanti County Sheriff, Mike Ammend, for a quote.
The story, and press release, were accurate in every other respect; it is hoped that this will clear up any confusion caused by this error.
Joel Rosenberg, the carry permit instructor who trained the two emergency permit holders for free for their permanent permits, had this to say:
“No, it wasn't Washington County. Most sheriff's departments, including Isanti and Washington, are very reluctant to issue emergency permits. In fact, after the savage May 1, 2004 violent beating of Lynn “Fluffy” Murray in her South Minneapolis bookstore, even while her assailants were still at large; Washington County, her county of residence, refused to issue her an emergency carry permit, or any carry permit at all. Again: it wasn't Washington County.
“I'm sorry for the error.
“I received a very polite, although understandably irritated, call from Commander Bernie Morency of the Washington County Sheriff's department earlier today, and both apologized to him for the error, and promised to distribute this correction at least as broadly as the initial error was distributed.
“So I'm doing just that.”
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I'm not sure whether I misspoke to my friend, Mark Koscielski, or he misheard, when I called him about this Friday night, but there was an error that went out the next morning, and I've promised to correct it.
How minor an error? Not for me to say. Mark's faxing the following press release to all of the local media outlets, as I'm writing this; I'm publishing this here.
Joel Rosenberg
Ellegon, Inc.
[address information deleted]
email: joelr@ellegon.com
For Immediate Release: June 13, 2005
Error in June 11 Press Release
Many media outlets in the Twin Cities area received a press release on June 11, discussing an unusual situation in which two Minnesotans, the victims of a series of crimes, had been issued emergency carry permits by their local sheriff last week, and were being trained for their 5-year-permits by a local carry permit instructor. That story was featured on Fox 9 News that night.
There was an error in that press release: instead of accurately describing the issuing sheriff as the sheriff of Isanti County, the press release said that it was the Washington County Sheriff.
That was inaccurate, and the mistake, while arguably minor, is regretted. It was, in fact, the sheriff of Isanti county who issued the two emergency permits. The reporters and staff at Fox News neither made the error, nor repeated it: their story, broadcast later that night, was completely accurate, including the correct county. In fact, Fox 9 News quite properly called Isanti County Sheriff, Mike Ammend, for a quote.
The story, and press release, were accurate in every other respect; it is hoped that this will clear up any confusion caused by this error.
Joel Rosenberg, the carry permit instructor who trained the two emergency permit holders for free for their permanent permits, had this to say:
“No, it wasn't Washington County. Most sheriff's departments, including Isanti and Washington, are very reluctant to issue emergency permits. In fact, after the savage May 1, 2004 violent beating of Lynn “Fluffy” Murray in her South Minneapolis bookstore, even while her assailants were still at large; Washington County, her county of residence, refused to issue her an emergency carry permit, or any carry permit at all. Again: it wasn't Washington County.
“I'm sorry for the error.
“I received a very polite, although understandably irritated, call from Commander Bernie Morency of the Washington County Sheriff's department earlier today, and both apologized to him for the error, and promised to distribute this correction at least as broadly as the initial error was distributed.
“So I'm doing just that.”
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