The story of a woman who blogged about the pregnancy and birth of her terminally ill baby, later for it to be discovered that the whole story was a fabrication, broke last week in the Chicago Tribune.
A naturally emotive subject, it attracted a huge number of visitors who sent messages and gifts to the woman who identified herself as either “B” or “April’s Mom”.
Her blog was linked to by high-profile parenting blogs and, apparently, advertisers were also looking at getting involved on the site. [Read more…]
Are you a stickler for spelling, grammar and syntax? Have you ever turned away from a blog or website because you found a factual error?
