We Don’t Regret The Error

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Tito

  1. Bogus quote entered into wikipedia.
  2. “Journalists” around the globe cut-n-paste.
  3. Wikipedia fixes error.
  4. Newspapers, not so much.

So far, The Guardian is the only publication to make a public mea culpa, while others have eliminated or amended their online obituaries without any reference to the original version — or in a few cases, still are citing Fitzgerald’s florid prose weeks after he pointed out its true origin.

» Filed Under Death, Liberal Media Conspiracies, Writers

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