I think we’ve all had those moments where we read an article, and we know RIGHT OFF that something isn’t right. Maybe we know because we were there or know someone who was there–or maybe we just have a feeling that something is wrong. Typically, the most we can do about such an issue is report it to the writer or paper and maybe write a letter to the editor.

But now, there’s a site that will look into media inaccuracies and point them out to publications for correction.

From the Media Bugs web site:

A media bug is a correctable error or problem in a news story or media report.

If you can’t see how the media outlet responsible for the bug would go about correcting it, it probably isn’t a bug. It might be a difference of opinion or a matter of debate. We love those arguments, too! But the Web doesn’t need one more place for them.

A media bug can be in a newspaper or magazine, on TV or radio, on a website or a blog.

We welcome bug reports for all media outlets based in the US. (For the first few months of our beta, we only accepted bug reports that related to coverage of the San Francisco Bay Area region or that appear in media outlets based here.)

When you know about a media bug, you can make a report about it with as much information as you’re able to provide.

Once you make a report, we’ll alert the responsible news outlet.

You can track the discussion about any bug by adding it to your My Bugs dashboard page. You can also receive updates about the bug via email or RSS.

I think this is so cool…you can also create an account on Media Bugs to keep up to date. I’ve only been following MB on twitter for a couple weeks and I’ve been intrigued by the amount, type, and variety of bugs they’ve reported. Some of the bugs were obvious mistakes by large publications.

Kind of makes you question every story your read. But of course, we should probably already be doing that.

If you report a bug, let me know how it goes.