To prove journalism is in the throes of ineptitude-related shock, please visit this article from the Irish Times. Fully realizing most of you are too busy for links, it’s about a student’s experiment that led to dozens of papers misquoting Maurice Jarre in his obituary.
That’s right. Let that sink in. Because “journalists” are so responsible, thoughtful and generally over-researching fiends, some kid’s fake quote added to Wikipedia can subsequently be quoted multiple times. Even without sources. (more…)
