Michelle Delio neé Finley
Ms. Delio has a long history in Attrition errata and as a result of her recent Stephen-Glass-like scandal over making up
"minor sources for color quotes", we've decided to give her her own page using a moniker we jokingly applied to her style of
writing first in a presentation to the Black Hat Briefings conference in 2001. Wag the Delio.
- Wired News Releases Source
Review by Wired News, 05/09/2005
- Adam Penenberg's Report for Wired (PDF), 05/09/2005
- Probe Can't
Confirm Sources in Freelancer's Stories for 'Wired News' by Ted
Bridis, Associated Press, in Editor & Publisher, 05/09/2005
- Review
raises doubts about reporter's accuracy by Ken Maguire, Associated Press, 04/21/2005
- Independent-Investigation Findings
by Susan Rasky, Technology Review, 04/20/2005
- MIT
publication retracts two stories by Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe, 03/22/2005
- More
Stories Retracted, This Time at 'Technology Review'
by E&P Staff, Editor & Publisher, 03/20/2005
- What We Can Learn
From Michelle Delio
by Carl Bialik, Gelf Magazine, 05/19/2005
Additional Resources
http://www.wagthedelio.org
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