Category Archives: Newspapers

New York Times, errors, corrections and clarifications

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From: Greg Fisher, Page A2
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 12:28 AM
To: Ann Carrns, Bucks, New York Times
Cc: Anthony Sprauve, US Consumer / FICO Score Public Relations, Fair Isaac
Subject: credit score, FICO, distribution

You wrote, “The report found, though, that just 15.5 percent of consumers had scores in the 700 to 799 range — the lowest that FICO has recorded since it began tracking such data in 2005.”

The number is 749, not 799.

However, there is a greater problem.

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Greg Fisher
Page A2
pagea2.com
PO Box 342
Dayton, Ohio  45409-0342

[5/21 UPDATE: Times follow-up]

Source changed his story

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From: Greg Fisher [mailto:greg@pagea2.com]
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 10:55 AM
To: Thomas S. Monson, president, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (via L. Kirkland); Henry B. Eyring, first counselor, First Presidency, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor, First Presidency, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Christopher M. Lee, EVP and publisher, DeseretNews.com, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Chris Higbee, general manager, DeseretNews.com, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ; Rick Hall, managing editor, Deseret News, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Lois M. Collins, reporter and columnist, Deseret News, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Clark Gilbert, president and CEO, Deseret News Publishing Company and Deseret Digital Media, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Mary McConnell, member, Editorial Advisory Board, Deseret News, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Cc: Blaze Bullock, business reporter, Deseret News, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Subject: RE: credit score, employers, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints II

Please correct your stories.

Employers do not use credit scores (click on “Bad credit doesn’t impact candidates getting hired”).

News Corporation changed its sentence referring to the Society for Human Resource Management (replacing the word scores with reports), leaving you twisting in the wind.

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Greg Fisher
Page A2
pagea2.com
PO Box 342
Dayton, Ohio  45409-0342

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Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 5:46 PM
To: Greg Fisher
Subject: Automatic reply: credit score, employers, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Chicago Tribune, errors and corrections

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From: Greg Fisher [mailto:greg@pagea2.com]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 11:11 AM
To: Sam Zell, Tribune Company; Gerould W. Kern, editor, Chicago Tribune; Jane Hirt, managing editor, Chicago Tribune; Mary Elson, managing editor, Tribune Media Services
Cc: Mortimer B. Zuckerman, chairman, Executive Committee, editor-in-chief, U.S. News & World Report (via Liz Putze); Daniel Bortz, reporter/editor, Personal Finance, U.S. News & World Report
Subject: RE: credit score, employers, U.S. News, Chicago Tribune

See this message and your response at https://www.pagea2.com/chicago-tribune-errors-and-corrections/.

You published a U.S. News & World Report item that states, “Even job applicants can have their credit scores pulled by employers, as a means of determining if they’ll be a risky hire for the company.”

On the contrary, your website also states: “Similar to the reports that a consumer can obtain for free each year through credit-reporting agencies, employers receive a report that lists debt. The reports do not, however, give an applicant’s credit score.”

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Greg Fisher
Page A2
pagea2.com
PO Box 342
Dayton, Ohio  45409-0342

Tulsa World, Samsung Galaxy Note screen size

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From: Greg Fisher [mailto:greg@pagea2.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 10:00 AM
To: Robert E. Lorton, chairman, World Publishing Co. (via S. Ellerbach)
Subject: Tulsa World, Samsung Galaxy Note screen size

See this message and your response at https://www.pagea2.com/tag/tulsa-world/.

You published: “Let’s go ahead and get this out of our systems – the Samsung Galaxy Note is gigantic… [w]ith a 5.1-inch screen, it’s bigger than any smartphone I’ve ever seen.”

The manufacturer states that the screen size of the device is 5.3 inches, not 5.1.

How did you determine the screen size?

Where are your corrections?

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Greg Fisher
Page A2
pagea2.com
PO Box 342
Dayton, Ohio  45409-0342