Saturday, December 31, 2016

Proof Reading Error

I was proof reading a bio of Eleanor Roosevelt and came across some errors.
She was not 6'7, weighing 260 pounds. She did not have psoriasis, nor a boil on her chin. She did not speak in tongues, was not raised in Borneo and did not spend her youth wrestling alligators.
She did not beat out Lucille Ball in auditions for a tv series, only to withdraw when her skin problem acted up. She did not tour the country after Franklin died, playing Harriet Tubman.
This is all inaccurate information. The author says he got it from on line sources. She deserves better. Plus, he kept spelling poppycock wrong. What a mess
And Mrs. Roosevelt never did Mr. Coffee commercials to stave off bankruptcy.

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