If you wonder why American newspapering is dying, consider this sign-off:You can read the rest of Mark's post to see the earthshattering errors they uncovered.AP writers Matt Apuzzo, Sharon Theimer, Tom Raum, Rita Beamish, Beth Fouhy, H. Josef Hebert, Justin D. Pritchard, Garance Burke, Dan Joling and Lewis Shaine contributed to this report.
Wow. That's ten "AP writers" plus Calvin Woodward, the AP writer whose twinkling pen honed the above contributions into the turgid sludge of the actual report. That's 11 writers for a 695-word report. What on?
Obamacare ? The Iranian nuke program? The upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?No, the Associated Press assigned 11 writers to "fact-check" Sarah Palin's new book, and in return the 11 fact-checkers triumphantly unearthed six errors. That's 1.8333333 writers for each error.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
AP Assigns 11 Writers to Fact-Check Palin's Book
Mark Steyn takes them to task:
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Too bad these hapless wonders didn't "fact check" their messiah before they crowned him king.
Idiots.
Worse than that: willful idiots.
I'm with Nightingale. Where were they when it was Obama. And don't think the Dems aren't feeling remorse over their candidate and "this economy" as they say (to save face). However, the detailers are be doing a spritely business getting all the Hope and Change off the bumpers of Dem cars.
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