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Dishonest Emails Roll Into Newspapers' Inboxes
- Providence Journal, Monday, July 15, 2019 11:09 AM
A Providence Journal editor received an email with the subject line: “Rhode Island ranks as the safest state for kids.” The claim was overstated — Rhode Island was only one of 14 states with no amber alerts. Then the email got down to business — pitching a product. Journal executive editor Alan Rosenberg weighs in on the misleading emails rolling into the paper’s inboxes.
