[yvonne]

In all fairness, 76LSJUMB, the Chron didn't make a story "out of whole cloth in order to make another story." Here's what happened:

1) The Chron ran with a sources said story. In the original story, there's no "Stanford officials declined to confirm or deny" statement in the story, so the editor didn't ask, "Did you call the company?"

2) Other news sources saw the story and called Anderson. They printed stories that quoted the Chron story, as well as Anderson's denial.

3) Someone on the staff at the Chron noticed the other stories and told Fitzgerald. An editor told Fitzgerald to verify. Fitzgerald's story was removed from the web.

4) Fitzgerald corrected the top portion of his story and the new version went live.

[yvonne]

In all fairness, 76LSJUMB, the Chron didn't make a story "out of whole cloth in order to make another story." Here's what happened:

1) The Chron ran with a sources said story. In the original story, there's no "Stanford officials declined to confirm or deny" statement in the story, so the editor didn't ask, "Did you call the company?"

2) Other news sources saw the story and called Anderson. They printed stories that quoted the Chron story, as well as Anderson's denial.

3) Someone on the staff at the Chron noticed the other stories and told Fitzgerald. An editor told Fitzgerald to verify. Fitzgerald's story was removed from the web.

4) Fitzgerald corrected the top portion of his story and the new version went live.