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While we’re having a go at online news stories<\/a>… The Telegraph<\/em> demonstrates the problems that can come from updating an existing news story.<\/p>\n

Last night, they posted the welcome news that missing boy Ben Smythe had been found ‘safe and well’<\/a>. In a story about the search for him and his recovery, a photo caption that previously provided useful information suddenly goes a bit Private Eye<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Ben Smythe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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