Editing the Winter

It is very common here, when autumn turns to winter, to run a piece or two about how the winter snows surprised motorists and how there have been a few accidents. Cheap, easy news.

This year is no exception, YLE again turned a weather report in to a news article. Oh, they had a fact that there have been 32 (assumedly minor) accidents. Humdrum news at its finest. I wouldn't have even picked the article here, except they were in such a hurry they copy pasted the last paragraph twice.

At the time of writing, the article was written at about 5pm and then edited again at about 10:30pm. Now they need to have at least a third edit - actually, there might have been more if the time-stamp just marks the last edit.

Editing a news article lowers the bar in that you can publish earlier with less control and then correct without even noting what you changed. If they would just release a follow-up or a correction when necessary instead of just endlessly editing a post readers would not only stay updated but also see what was said in the first place.

The screen cap is for posterity, as the article will have changed by the time you can click the link.
http://yle.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/2009/11/lumi_ja_ranta_haittaavat_autoilijoita_etela-suomessa_1142012.html?origin=rss