Allegra Frank

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Allegra Frank

Polygon, Reporter

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Her report on a new set of Pokèmon cards incorrectly describes it as a re-release of the original starter kit—seemingly including some made-up data. The article was never corrected despite her having been publicly informed about the mistake, and was taken as a source and echoed on numeros outlets, some of which did issue corrections.

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Date

2015 Dec 28

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2016 Mar 22

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