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Jumping to the defence of Belinda -- CTV makes the correction (almost)

Here's the original text which formed part of my story from earlier this afternoon:

However, the political future of Belinda Stronach -- one of the Liberals' most prominent female MPs -- has come into question in Ottawa recently, Fife said.

"She has been more or less eclipsed since the Liberal leadership race. She doesn't have a critic's job, she rarely ever gets up in the House of Commons to ask questions, and people here in Ottawa are wondering whether she is going to run again for the party," Fife said. [emphasis added]

Now the story reads differently:

However, the political future of Belinda Stronach -- one of the Liberals' most prominent female MPs -- has come into question in Ottawa recently.

"She has been more or less eclipsed since the Liberal leadership race," said Fife. "She rarely ever gets up in the House of Commons to ask questions, and people here in Ottawa are wondering whether she is going to run again for the party."

There's no mention of the correction, and I don't think it's necessary. I would love to know who caught the mistake -- maybe they spotted my story?

Chances are, though, that a Liberal Party media checker spotted the mistake and called CTV by phone to insist on the correction.

Still, it's good to see how fast the media can respond to a mistake. Well done.

Well, almost. They missed the video:


Robert Fife makes a mistake by saying Belinda Stronach does not have a critic's position in Stephane Dion's shadow cabinet.


I guess there are limits. It's easy to correct some text. But a video image -- that's tricky.

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