click image for more glaring inaccuracy I know I'm possibly being pedantic and these things shouldn't bother me*. But they do, a fact is a fact so get it right.
Aren't there people employed to check on the basic facts of stories? Or are they just lazy and assumed that there must have been jet bombers in WW2.
The Handley Page Victor first flew in 1952, (World War II finished in 1945 for Daily Mail subs who are reading ) and entered service in 1958 a whole 13 years after WW2 (which ended in 1945 as I mentioned for The Daily Mail fact checkers.)
* I took a screen print as I'm sure the original article will be amended after the anoraks get at the comments board
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The Interweb Never Forgets : The article has now been corrected as of 12:48, but we saw it, so "Shame, Shame, We Know Your Name."
Aren't there people employed to check on the basic facts of stories? Or are they just lazy and assumed that there must have been jet bombers in WW2.
The Handley Page Victor first flew in 1952, (World War II finished in 1945 for Daily Mail subs who are reading ) and entered service in 1958 a whole 13 years after WW2 (which ended in 1945 as I mentioned for The Daily Mail fact checkers.)
* I took a screen print as I'm sure the original article will be amended after the anoraks get at the comments board
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The Interweb Never Forgets : The article has now been corrected as of 12:48, but we saw it, so "Shame, Shame, We Know Your Name."
Good catch!
ReplyDelete"I took a screen print as I'm sure the original article will be amended after the anoraks get at the comments board."
I wouldn't be too sure - every time I've tried to point out an error in the misidentifaction of some animal, my comment hasn't made it through moderation.
Odd, that.. ;)
It seems that the early comments pointing out the mistake have 'fallen off' the bottom now.
ReplyDeleteAs a commenter on EU Referendum pointed out, this happened on May 3rd, surely enough time to get a basic fact correct.