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Fact Checking and games of telephone

April 20, 2006 10:02:48.732

I had a higher regard for the book "Freakonomics" (which I read recently) before I read this from Thomas Dolby. Now, I'm wondering how many of the facts I read are actual facts.

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[keith ray] April 20, 2006 10:20:04.000

Superman did not destroy the KKK

[ Troy Brumley] April 20, 2006 10:58:17.154

Comment by Troy Brumley

The authors published an apologetic piece in the NYT a month or so ago where they admitted that they hadn't done enough fact checking on that chapter. But, their failure and admission does not diminish the impact of the book's message to ask the right questions!

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