Kill Duck Before Serving: Red Faces at the New York Times

by Allan M. Siegal (Introduction), Tom Bloom (Illustrator), Linda Amster (Editor)

A humorous compilation of errors, inaccuracies, and misunderstandings from the pages of The New York Times encompasses everything from careless oversights and historical goofs to flopped photographs, misidentifications, and whimsical typos. Original.

Genres: Nonfiction

172 pages, Paperback

First published January 14, 2002

Reviews

[Kurt Weber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not what I was expecting

[Inggita · Rating 4 out of 5]

a gift from Linda Amster, New York Times' researcher - a collectible from one of world's greatest newspapers - a tribute to accuracy is this book that collects publishing and reporting errors of the daily.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of fun -- New York Times corrections that make you not feel so very bad about the ones that run in your own newspaper. An example: "A summary about primate and video games incorrectly described an aspect of monkey anatomy. Monkeys do have opposable thumbs."