Today I made updates to a story we originally published on Sept. 28 with the headline: Fannie Mae official questions purpose of AMCs. It was coverage of a panel at our HW Annual event on The Future of Valuations, which featured Lyle Radke, director of collateral policy at Fannie Mae, among other experts.
After the article went live, I heard from Fannie Mae that Mr. Radke did not think the angle of the story or the headline accurately reflected his statements on the panel and that they had been taken out of context. After getting access to a recording of the panel, I agreed.
Condensing a 45-minute session into a short article is a delicate task and picking an angle that reflects all of that conversation is usually more art than science. We missed the mark in this instance. I've updated the headline and added in much more of the conversation from Mr. Radke and the other panelists to provide more context. We've also added an editor's note to the top of the article, as we always do when making a change after publication.
Why am I bringing this up? Because I think it's important that we as a media company are transparent when we get something wrong, and that we try to provide a fix that is appropriate to the level of exposure that the original reporting received. We regularly expect companies and government entities to be transparent, and we want to hold ourselves to that same high standard.
As always, you can contact me at swheeler@housingwire.com about any subject, including this one. I hope to see many of you at MBA Annual in just a few days!!
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