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Friday, December 31, 2004
Gwynne Dyer
From the next edition of NORMAN'S SPECTATOR.
Speaking of the Star, as regular readers of this press review will know, for some months I’ve been challenging the paper to produce a list of the 45 countries in which Gwynne Dyer’s articles are published.
Yesterday, it effectively conceded the point, though—like most Star readers--you probably missed it.
Normally, the Star tag line on his columns reads:
“Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.”
Yesterday, the line was revised to indicate that his “articles are published in 45 papers worldwide.”
Since the Star has been misleading its readers since 1999, you’d think they would have corrected the mistake. I waited a day to see if they were late, but they’ve issued neither a correction nor an apology to readers.
In fairness, the Star’s editors might not be responsible for the “burnished” qualifications they’ve published over the years.
A web search turns up several sites that contain “exaggerated” claims of the fecundity of Dyer’s punditry, including this Department of Foreign Affairs biography, to which visitors to his “only official website” are referred.
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