> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Brazee
> 
> On 5 Sep 2010 12:26:56 -0700, [email protected] (Phil Smith III) wrote:
> 
> >Having said that, I'll agree that *every* mainstream news story of
which I've ever
> >had first-hand knowledge got several significant and important facts
wrong, such
> >as names, ages, and confusing an employment address with a home
address.
> 
> Same with small news stories.

My favorite remains one in which the "reporter" duly cited "witnesses"
thus:  "Witnesses said that the single-engine airplane apparently lost
power in both engines."

   -jc-

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