How Soon They Forget
How Soon They Forget Over the years, I have followed the New York Times Corrections section, on and off, as a window into the ignorance of our journalist class. The howlers the Times has printed have often caused me to wonder whether that paper actually employs editors. The current selection illustrates how quickly formerly well-known people and events are receding into history. From today’s Times: An item on Tuesday about the capture of Benito Mussolini misspelled the given name of the Nazi dictator of Germany. It is Adolf Hitler, not Adolph. People used to know that. Not just journalists,...