Sunday, April 23, 2006
Bad math at the New York Times
This is a pretty amazing screw-up.
If you think this error is not a function of the political attitude of most of the NYT's reporters and editors, try to imagine the Times making a mathematical mistake like this that favors the performance of the Bush administration. Sort of like imagining monkeys flying out of your butt.
Via Glenn.
4 Comments:
By 
John A, at
Sun Apr 23, 10:37:00 AM:
The 222 becoming 22, well, a slip of the finger.
But 5 becoming 30? Or 820 becoming 310? Uh, no. I suppose those could have been bad sources - but this is a background article, not breaking news, and those layers upon layers of vetters had plenty of time to check.
By 
, at
Sun Apr 23, 02:42:00 PM:
Dan Rather has a job fact checking for the NYT now?
By Dawnfire82, at
Sun Apr 23, 04:27:00 PM:
"I remember back when the NYT was shovelling bad data into the public discourse that supported the decision to go to war in Iraq."
I don't remember any of that...
By Lou Minatti, at
Sun Apr 23, 06:30:00 PM:
Except that it isn't correct:
http://louminatti.blogspot.com/2006/04/katrina-kids-in-houston.html
I have asked John Hinderaker at Powerline to issue a correction but he refuses to do so. You know how libs are deranged when it comes to Bush? Many on the right are deranged when it comes to the NYT.
