New Jersey Herald Issues Correction For Story Printed In 1852
- 10 years ago
The New Jersey Herald has issued a correction for an article that first appeared in 1852.
Mistakes often get overlooked and then lost throughout the years, but time doesn’t bury them all.
The New Jersey Herald has issued a correction for an article that first appeared in 1852.
In it a 16-year-old orphaned boy is reported to have died at the hands of a bear.
While that did indeed happen, the incident took place in Arkansas, not the Garden State.
The source of confusion is that the location was left out of both the original and subsequent printings. That combined with a vague reference to ‘this place’ left Herald readers believing that the attack had taken place locally.
Even the New Jersey Fish and Wildlife Council got caught up in the misinformation, saying in its 2010 report that there hadn’t been a deadly bear episode in the state since that one.
Whether it was an error or an oversight, the gaff was pointed out recently after news of a Rutgers student’s potentially bear-related death began to circulate.
Given the revised information, if the student’s passing is determined to be the result of such an event, it will become the first fatal mauling in the state.
Mistakes often get overlooked and then lost throughout the years, but time doesn’t bury them all.
The New Jersey Herald has issued a correction for an article that first appeared in 1852.
In it a 16-year-old orphaned boy is reported to have died at the hands of a bear.
While that did indeed happen, the incident took place in Arkansas, not the Garden State.
The source of confusion is that the location was left out of both the original and subsequent printings. That combined with a vague reference to ‘this place’ left Herald readers believing that the attack had taken place locally.
Even the New Jersey Fish and Wildlife Council got caught up in the misinformation, saying in its 2010 report that there hadn’t been a deadly bear episode in the state since that one.
Whether it was an error or an oversight, the gaff was pointed out recently after news of a Rutgers student’s potentially bear-related death began to circulate.
Given the revised information, if the student’s passing is determined to be the result of such an event, it will become the first fatal mauling in the state.