Errors and Omissions

Five errors in one obit... a new record

From today's Times:

An obituary on Monday and in late editions on Sunday about the economist and diplomat John Kenneth Galbraith referred incorrectly to his family at several points. He had a younger brother, William, who died several years ago; he was not an only son. A sister, Catherine Denholm, also died several years ago; she was not among his survivors. Mr. Galbraith had 10 grandchildren, not 6. Because of an editing error, the term for his wife's vocation was truncated in some copies. She is a linguist. A caption misstated the date of a photograph of the Galbraiths taken at their home in New Delhi while he was an ambassador. It was in 1956, not 1966. (Go to Article)

This is like having a sack, a fumble and an interception on the same play--it's hard to even imagine how this many factual errors could occur in one article. I'll bet there were some pretty steamed Galbraiths after reading this.

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posted by Unknown @ 5/04/2006 03:17:00 PM