Correction of the Week: Gladwell's Goof

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Mixed Media

by Jeff Bercovici

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Once Again, CNN Mixes Up Obama and O... 'NY Post' Biz Section Bleeding Talent

Dec 18 2007 10:57AM EST

The New Yorker's famed fact-checkers don't miss much, but occasionally something big slips by them -- for instance, Malcolm Gladwell mistakenly accusing two writers of wanting to lock up the mentally retarded in concentration camps. Whoops!

From the current issue:

CORRECTION: In his December 17th piece, "None of the Above," Malcolm Gladwell states that Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray, in their 1994 book "The Bell Curve," proposed that Americans with low I.Q.s be "sequestered in a 'high-tech' version of an Indian reservation." In fact, Herrnstein and Murray deplored the prospect of such "custodialism" and recommended that steps be taken to avert it. We regret the error.

Regret the Error notes that Gladwell previously ran a somewhat weaker correction on his own blog.

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