Being real

Here’s an excerpt from today’s business section of the Sunday Age. A respected Australian broadsheet newspaper.

 

Correction

“Oops. Last week the story headlined ‘No More Living on Borrowed Dreams’ said household credit card debt was $4 million. The correct figure is $41 billion. The mistake was made by the reporter (who also choked on his conflakes on Sunday morning).”

What I like about this paragraph is it’s real. It sounds like a person wrote it. Not a public affairs department. They admitted they made a silly error which in my view makes them more reputable and trustworthy. Rare in large media organizations.

Start up lesson: People trust people more than they trust corporations.

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