Update II: TIME has posted a correction to the article, correcting much of the error within. While I realize this probably had nothing to do with my efforts here, I'm claiming victory anyway.
When I was a college student taking journalism classes (in the dark ages, fifteen years ago), the scariest thing a professor could write on an assignment I turned in was "FACT ERROR." Any -- and I mean ANY -- innacuracy meant a 50-point hit on the final grade for that assignment. Because of that experience, I earned a tremendous respect for the journalistic ethic of accuracy.
Apparently TIME writer Massimo Calabresi does not share that respect for accuracy. The article Bloggers on the Bus, appearing on TIME.com yesterday, is riddled with fact errors.
The article is TIME's shot at the Edwards blogger controversy, and it's crap (which will be no surprise to many here). Below the fold you'll see the text of a message I sent the writer this morning containing at least some of the errors. You'll find more of the errors in this Chris Bowers diary at mydd.com.
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