Dumb Authors #2348

Remember a while back when I complained about dumb authors? I'm referring to this part:

• Look at the pictures you're describing. Or use your common sense. The picture shows a polar bear and a seal, not polar bear and a penguin.

The offensive passage was part of an article about a photographer I am writing an essay about. And because I just noticed that I missed a citation, I went back and googled him. And what do I find? An article in Zeit online, which describes the same photo making the same mistake. It was a long, obviously well researched article, but seriously, right now, I am weeping for the future of journalism.

And no matter how often I look at the picture, I still see seal.


So please, dear authors:

When copying someone elses work, make sure you don't copy the mistakes!


I learnt that in school, which is why I ended up with a 2 in the physics test and sevilemar, whose answers I copied, only got a 4.

TBC