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A real estate research firm apologized yesterday for producing a flawed report that formed the basis of a front-page article in The Sun on Thursday saying that sales of Baltimore-area homes priced between ...

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Tommy
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May 13, 2008
 
Did you clear this correction with the Governor's Office? He might not care for the content.
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May 13, 2008
 
Why wasn't this put on the front page?
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May 13, 2008
 
Why does the headline read "to our readers" instead of "Major retratction."
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May 13, 2008
 
Delta's publication of the information was reckless, and it was equally reckless for the Sun to re-publish the numbers. It is also deceitful to run a "retraction" that is neither clearly labeled nor as prominent as the original article--which was touted on the last Thursday's front page. The "retraction" was buried and not clearly marked. Shame on The Sun.

According to today's article on bloomberg.com (a reputable source) "Maryland had the biggest U.S. sales [volume] decline, at 39 percent. The District of Columbia tumbled 35 percent,"
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