Lessons in geography etc.

An article in Business Day on Tuesday about the sentencing of Conrad M. Black, the former media mogul who was convicted of fraud, misspelled the name of the town where he bought his first newspaper. It is Sherbrooke, Quebec — not Sherbooke. The article also misstated, in some editions, the proximity of the federal prison camp at Eglin Air Force Base, where Mr. Black is likely to serve his sentence, to his Palm Beach, Fla., home. It is 500 miles away, it is not “near.” Link

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This entry was written by Craig Silverman, posted on December 14, 2007 at 8:00 am, filed under Newspapers and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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  1. Baylink
    Posted December 18, 2007 at 3:25 pm | Permalink

    Palm Beach is 1238 miles from JFK; Eglin, oddly, is slightly further, 1248 miles.

    That’s only 10 miles difference, right? :-)

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