WTOL confuses Olde Towne and Old West End neighborhoods in shooting story

These neighborhoods are near each other, but if accuracy is the goal, then the WTOL story is wrong.

http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/160501#171668

My TT comment:

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As of 4:30 p.m. today, Feb 13, WTOL or Toledo News Now has not corrected their story. The incorrect story title also still appears on the homepage of their site.

I can understand making a mistake, but it should have been corrected by now, 17 hours after the story was first published. And as toledolen_ indicated, "Olde Towne" appears on the map image that WTOL used with their story.

From the time stamps for the WTOL story:

Police investigate shooting in Old West End
Posted: Feb 12, 2014 11:22 PM EST
Updated: Feb 13, 2014 8:02 AM EST

A commenter posted to that story at approximately 1:00 a.m. today (15 hours ago), pointing out the mistake.

It might be best to leave neighborhood names out of a story to reduce mistakes and confusion.

According to the WTOL story:

A call came in around 11 p.m. Wednesday of a person shot on Fulton Street, near Cherry.

Helpful links:

• http://toledooldwestend.com
• http://toledooldwestend.com/about_resources/location
• map defining the OWE - pdf file

The red oval indicates where the shooting supposedly occurred, Fulton near Cherry.

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