While many around here like to make fun of (or complain about) the local newspaper for their mistakes, even the vaunted wire services aren't immune from basic errors an attentive editor should catch. Take this paragraph an article on the NCAA hockey championship game between Michigan State and Boston College written by an Associated Press reporter.
Michigan State coach Mike Comley also won it all with Bowling Green in 1984. He and Boston College's Jerry York are among three coaches to win championships at two schools.
Two things wrong in the same sentence.
Michigan State's coach is Rick Comley, not Mike. And Comley won it all with Northern Michigan in 1991. In fact, it was York who coached Bowling Green to the title in 1984.
Though I happen to know this as a college hockey fan, these two facts can be verified quite easily at Michigan State's website.
It makes you wonder... if the AP is screwing up simple things that I know, twice in one sentence, why should I trust them when it comes to the things I don't know?
The devil's in the details. And so is the credibility.
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