When we made the announcement, and every year since, most reporters were skeptical. We'd explain it, but the skepticism remained. Until this year. We welcome and expect accountability. The financial press should welcome it as well.
Accountability means more than just running a little corrections box.
It often requires giving the corrected story a prominence similar to the incorrect one. Forbes magazine deserves a lot of credit for revisiting stories that it got wrong and updating them, anywhere from six months to ten years out. For instance, I'd have to applaud Forbes for the way it ultimately handled a story about my company. Naturally we complained to Forbes. You might expect them to run a correction.