Me? Pedantic?! No!

I expect better from an institution like Time Magazine (well, time.com in this case): In their photoessay on the life, reign, and death of Saddam Hussein, they goof in the caption for photo 5. Note the reference to the persons sitting “to Saddam’s left” and “to his right”:

Which one is his wife again?

This isn’t as egregious as the fauxtography scandals from last summer’s Lebanon War and other instances, but it shows a sloppiness that shouldn’t make it past a decent editor.

This entry was posted in Commentary, News. Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>