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July 3, 2003
Don't know; check...
The ugliness of journalistic arrogance sometimes makes a funny turn. For example, confusing playwright Marc Spitz with Olympic swim champ Mark Spitz. How is such a mistake possible? Columnist Ward Morehouse III thought he knew something he didn't know. And he applied his mistaken "knowledge" without checking his facts.
Journalists don't know; journalists check. A journalist who thinks he knows is a mistake waiting to explode across the front page. This example is merely amusing. What if it involved something of real civic importance?
Posted by acline at July 3, 2003 7:44 AM | | Spotlight