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By Janet Dagley Dagley
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Correcting some errors

Congratulations to the Associated Press, which figured out last night that John Glenn was NOT the first human to orbit the earth, only three days after its erroneous report to that effect. As you can see in the comments area here, Jesse Lynch, proprietor of Ohrada News, was quick to post the correct answer: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

As far as I know, the AP has yet to correct today's blooper, the work of a headline writer who obviously just skimmed the story in question. The following newspapers, and who knows how many television and radio and other news outlets, published this error:

The New York Times
ABC News
Kansas City Star
Guardian, UK
Belleville (IL) News-Democrat
Grand Forks Herald (ND)
Centre Daily Times (PA)
Wichita Eagle (KS)
Wilkes Barre Weekender (PA)
Macon Telegraph (GA)
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (IN)
Biloxi Sun Herald (MS)
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA)
Duluth News Tribune (MN)
Rocky Mount Telegram (NC)
Dayton Daily News (OH)
Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
Aberdeen American News (SD)

Here's the identical headline on the story you can find at any of those links: "Dole Awarded Medal of Honor at Dedication."

As you can see just by reading the story (something the copy editor should have done), Senator Bob Dole was NOT awarded the Medal of Honor at the dedication of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics yesterday in his home state of Kansas. A Medal of Honor winner was among those who sang "Happy Birthday" to him for his 80th, however. Senator Dole may well deserve the Congressional Medal of Honor, but he hasn't won one. He doesn't seem to mind: yesterday he said that "no honor that has come my way has ever surpassed the pride I felt wearing my country's uniform." If you don't know Bob Dole's story, I urge you to read the biography on his web site.

In addition to the Dole Institute, the Senator-turned-Senate-spouse has been working on another lasting contribution to our country: the National World War II Memorial, to be dedicated May 29, 2004, a permanent monument to those in and out of uniform who contributed to the war effort. Construction of the WWII Memorial is an error-correction in itself, as more recent wars already have monuments. The Memorial includes a registry, and I'm happy to report that my Dad's name, which I submitted along with those of his brothers on July 4, has finally been added.

And also on the subject of error-correction, the University of Texas has digitized each and every page of its copy of the Gutenberg Bible, which was the first book every printed by movable type. The University of Texas at Austin copy is one of only 21 complete copies, and 48 surviving copies, left in the world. But this copy has been marked up over the years with additions, deletions, and corrections: obviously there were some editors over the generations who felt that the presumed word of God could be improved upon. I wonder if they used any of the lines popular with editors of my generation:
"This should be higher." (One time an editor of mine made that note on every paragraph of a very long story!)
"Leave out the numbers. Readers just don't have the patience for them."
"We need to 'massage' these quotes." (Yes, I did have an editor who said that, often, but I never, ever changed, massaged, or 'sexed-up' a quote).
"We've done it to death."
"We can lose this."
"We can't put that on the front page: it has no graphic, and this other article has such a nice use of yellow."
"Never use green again!"

posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @4:10 PM

23.7.03