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com reader Quick question, please. Does the Tribune only publish corrections for recent stories? That is, if the paper published provably false information, say, ten years ago, will the paper consider publishing a correction? Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to your reply. Peter M. Heimlich name: Peter M. Heimlich e-mail: peter.heimlich@gmail.com phone: 208-474-7283 city: Duluth state: GA zip: 30096

I submitted the above message via an online form on the Tribune's website, then received this e-mail PMH
Subject: Tribune articles From: "Krause,Lauren" <lakrause@tribune.com> Date: 7/29/2013 5:02 PM To: Peter Heimlich <peter.heimlich@gmail.com> Peter, Can you email me the articles youre referring to? Thanks. Lauren Krause Trib Nation Coordinator | Chicago Tribune 312.222.3145 | lakrause@tribune.com | @lwkrause

Subject: Re: Tribune articles From: Peter Heimlich <peter.heimlich@gmail.com> Date: 7/29/2013 6:49 PM To: "Krause,Lauren" <lakrause@tribune.com> CC: Shia Kapos <skapos@crain.com> Lauren Krause Trib Nation Coordinator Chicago Tribune Hi Lauren, Thanks for your follow-up e-mail this afternoon. (For convenience, I've copied our correspondence to date below my signature.) Here are the three Tribune articles dating from 1993-2009 that prompted my inquiry re: the paper's corrections policy: http://db.tt/sxyiHhyM Please note the sections I highlighted in each article reporting that actor David Hasselhoff supported the Save-ALife Foundation (SALF) and served as the organization's "Honorary Chairman." As I reported on my blog last week, Mr. Hasselhoff says that's all lies:* http://www.thesidebar.com/2013/07/actor-david-hasselhoff-says-nonprofit.html Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to hearing back from you whether or not the paper intends to publish a correction. As I explained, I plan to report the results on my blog. FYI, reporter Shia Kapos at Crain's (the Chicago business newspaper) has expressed interest in the Hasselhoff story, so I'm copying her on this. Cheers, Peter Peter M. Heimlich Atlanta ph: (208)474-7283 website: http://medfraud.info blog: http://the-sidebar.com * Regarding the credibility of SALF founder/president Carol Spizzirri, you may wish to review this 2010 San Diego Reader report which discusses one of the three articles I sent you, the problematic December 30, 1995 Tribune story by staff reporter Julie Deardorff that resulted in the lengthy February 7, 1995 published correction I provided to you above: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/nov/17/city-light-save-a-life-money/ Interestingly, despite that significant correction, ten years later Deardorff reported another glowing story about SALF and Spizzirri on July 3, 2005 -- here's a copy: http://db.tt/SctR4AI6 Please note the highlighted sentence where Deardorff falsely reported that Spizzirri was a nurse. (Per the Reader, that claim was debunked in a November 16, 2006 ABC7 Chicago expose.) While I'm at it, this is to request a correction for that error, too, please. Subject: Re: Tribune articles From: Peter Heimlich <peter.heimlich@gmail.com> Date: 8/5/2013 9:59 AM To: "Krause,Lauren" <lakrause@tribune.com> CC: Shia Kapos <skapos@crain.com> Good morning Lauren, What's the status of my July 29 corrections request, please? Cheers, Peter Peter M. Heimlich Atlanta ph: (208)474-7283 website: http://medfraud.info blog: http://the-sidebar.com

Subject: Re: Tribune articles From: Peter Heimlich <peter.heimlich@gmail.com> Date: 8/9/2013 2:51 PM To: "Krause,Lauren" <lakrause@tribune.com> CC: Shia Kapos <skapos@crain.com> Hi Lauren, Not intending to nag, but I haven't heard back from you re: my 7/29 corrections request. If you can give me an approximate date when the paper will give me a decision on that, t'would be greatly appreciated. Usually I'm more patient, but I just blogged this related item and I'd like to report about my corrections request as a follow-up: http://www.the-sidebar.com/2013/08/after-david-hasselhoffthrows-her.html Thanks for your continued attention and I look forward to your reply. Cheers, Peter Peter M. Heimlich Atlanta ph: (208)474-7283 website: http://medfraud.info blog: http://the-sidebar.com

Subject: RE: Tribune articles From: "Krause,Lauren" <lakrause@tribune.com> Date: 8/15/2013 12:31 PM To: Peter Heimlich <peter.heimlich@gmail.com> Peter, It appears the information was correct at the time the article was written. However, I forwarded your new story development to our metro desk who will be in touch should it be of interest to them. Thanks. Lauren Krause Trib Nation Coordinator 312.222.3145 | @lwkrause

Subject: Re: Tribune articles From: Peter Heimlich <peter.heimlich@gmail.com> Date: 8/15/2013 1:08 PM To: "Krause,Lauren" <lakrause@tribune.com> CC: Shia Kapos <skapos@crain.com>, "Deardorff, Julie D." <JDeardorff@tribune.com>, cparsons@tribune.com "Black, Lisa" <LBlack@tribune.com>, "Hirt, Jane" <JHirt@tribune.com> Lauren, >It appears the information was correct at the time the article was written. I don't know what you mean. Based on the recent statement I obtained from David Hasselhoff's representative, he was never affiliated with the Save-A-Life Foundation (SALF), hence my corrections request which -- per the e-mails below my signature -- you invited me to submit: http://www.thesidebar.com/2013/07/actor-david-hasselhoff-says-nonprofit.html Therefore, unless one or all of the staff reporters who reported the claim in three Tribune articles from 1993-2009* -- Christi Parsons, Julie Deardorff, and Lisa Black -- will confirm that they verified the claim with Mr. Hasselhoff or his representative, that means they reported (and perhaps re-reported) an unverified, false claim provided to them by a third party. In order to provide those reporters an opportunity to respond, I'm copying them on this and I look forward to receiving their responses. Finally, in the interests of editorial oversight, I'm also copying Jane Hirt. Peter M. Heimlich Atlanta ph: (208)474-7283 website: http://medfraud.info blog: http://the-sidebar.com * http://db.tt/sxyiHhyM cc: Jane Hirt, Shia Kapos

Subject: RE: Tribune articles From: "Holt, Margaret C." <mcholt@tribune.com> Date: 8/15/2013 1:43 PM To: peter.heimlich@gmail.com CC: "Hirt, Jane" <jhirt@tribune.com , "Holt, Margaret C." <mcholt@tribune.com> Mr. Heimlich: On behalf of Jane Hirt, Im following up on your email on which she was copied. We have reviewed the email and do not plan a correction on the original article(s). Sincerely, Margaret Holt Standards Editor

Subject: Re: Tribune articles From: Peter Heimlich <peter.heimlich@gmail.com> Date: 8/20/2013 10:06 AM To: "Holt, Margaret C." <mcholt@tribune.com> CC: "Hirt, Jane" <JHirt@tribune.com> Hello again Ms. Holt, I'm planning to blog about my David Hasselhoff corrections request and I'd appreciate your answers to some quick follow-ups. 1) Via my July 24 e-mail to Lauren Krause: Does the Tribune have a post-publication period of time for accepting/considering/publishing corrections requests? Is it a specific amount of day/weeks/months/years after a story is published? If not, what are the parameters? If you think about it, it's an interesting question -- that is, when does responsibility begin and end for correcting the record? Lauren didn't answer my question, so I'm hoping you will. 2) Would you please send me a copy of the Tribune's policy re: corrections? If you have any other comments or related information you'd like to share, please feel free. Thanks for your continued attention and I look forward to your reply. Cheers, Peter Peter M. Heimlich Atlanta ph: (208)474-7283 website: http://medfraud.info blog: http://the-sidebar.com Subject: 2nd request, pls advise -- re: Tribune's corrections policy From: Peter Heimlich <peter.heimlich@gmail.com> Date: 8/22/2013 7:36 AM To: "Holt, Margaret C." <mcholt@tribune.com> CC: "Hirt, Jane" <JHirt@tribune.com>, Andrew Beaujon <abeaujon@poynter.org>, craig@craigsilverman.ca, Shia Kapos <skapos@crain.com> On 8/20/2013 10:06 AM, Peter Heimlich wrote: Hello again Ms. Holt, I'm planning to blog about my David Hasselhoff corrections request and I'd appreciate your answers to some quick follow-ups. 1) Via my July 24 e-mail to Lauren Krause: Does the Tribune have a post-publication period of time for accepting/considering/publishing corrections requests? Is it a specific amount of day/weeks/months/years after a story is published? If not, what are the parameters? If you think about it, it's an interesting question -- that is, when does responsibility begin and end for correcting the record? Lauren didn't answer my question, so I'm hoping you will. 2) Would you please send me a copy of the Tribune's policy re: corrections? If you have any other comments or related information you'd like to share, please feel free.

Thanks for your continued attention and I look forward to your reply. Cheers, Peter Peter M. Heimlich Atlanta ph: (208)474-7283 website: http://medfraud.info blog: http://the-sidebar.com

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