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Defend America on Saturday, November 14, 2009 3:27:28 PM
Rogue's Eleven [Mark Steyn]
If you wonder why American newspapering is dying, consider this sign-off:
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. What earth-shattering misstatements
did they uncover for this impressive investment? Stand well back:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTE2YmEyMDZkM2Y3NjAzYWZjOTRmYjExZDg4MGE0NzE=