On Mar 1, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Stan Shebs wrote:
I can see more than a little embarassment for the New
Yorker here too.
Retired professors tend to have left a long trail behind them - I
talked
casually with one the other day, took just ten minutes with Google to
reconstruct his professional career given only last name and a mention
of a couple of his research interests. I wonder how NYer managed
not to
take any interest in independently looking up any of Essjay's
background.
Where is editorial control and fact checking when you need it?
Incredible...
-- Jossi