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wonka

10-13-2006, 10:22 AM

Greetings,

Does anybody have any ideas in regards to content, format, length of a retraction statement?

Thanks.

IndianaJoan

10-13-2006, 12:31 PM

I would love to help but first..

wth is a retraction statement? LOL

Sounds like something a politician does a lot of though!:p

Milo

10-13-2006, 12:43 PM

Anything to do with dentists?

Spherical Time

10-13-2006, 10:46 PM

The only comments I have is to keep it short and sweet.

Other than that, I don't know if there is a standard format. Most newspapers and magazines have their own formats for such things.

Mostly though, I would say what it was that you got wrong, say what is right, apologize, and then sign off.