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Valpo Sports => Valpo Basketball => Topic started by: IndyValpo on February 28, 2012, 11:45:55 AM

Title: Article on transfers Boggs and Bogan
Post by: IndyValpo on February 28, 2012, 11:45:55 AM
You do not have to look to hard to find a major error in the story.  Still, these two have been major contributors to our success.

http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/college/valparaiso-university/experience-pays-off-for-valpo-transfers/article_ec5f7662-fef0-5143-ad41-32ead9596aeb.html (http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/college/valparaiso-university/experience-pays-off-for-valpo-transfers/article_ec5f7662-fef0-5143-ad41-32ead9596aeb.html)
Title: Re: Article on transfers Boggs and Bogan
Post by: agibson on February 28, 2012, 01:58:10 PM
Re Bogan?  I don't know if I'd call it a _major_ error.  But, indeed, the fact checking wasn't 100% on.
Title: Re: Article on transfers Boggs and Bogan
Post by: agibson on February 28, 2012, 02:29:38 PM
Oh, that too, I suppose.  I was thinking about how long they've been at Valpo.  Boggs did have to wait to play - but Bogan didn't.

I suppose I'd consider that a little more significant, in an article about transfers, than 4th vs 5th in scoring.  But, for me, it still wasn't a big deal - indeed, it didn't register the first time I read the piece, only when I went hunting for mistakes.

How embarrassing it is for the paper depends on the size of your fact checking budget, I suppose ;)