Word: errors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...target is the overwhelmingly popular Roman Catholic Church. Said Religious Affairs Minister Adam Lopatka: "The authorities' error was that Popieluszko was not imprisoned long ago." Henceforth, Lopatka said, any priest who "deserves it will certainly be arrested." Government Spokesman Jerzy Urban suggested that a dozen priests had made statements worthy of investigation...
Although truth usually conquers such error in the realm of serious scholarly debate, there is less likelihood of dispelling the distorted beliefs about history that casual viewers bring away from docudramas. Few books ever become truly "definitive," in the sense that no further books are written to challenge their interpretation. But docudramas have far less often retraveled ground covered by previous examples of the genre. If the only show on a subject is erroneous, corrective information may not sink in when conveyed in the less vivid form of print. The TV networks are plainly within their constitutional rights to make...
...examination. Damaging pieces of evidence (like the bloodstains found in Williams' car) are omitted, as are the many contradictions in Williams' testimony. Indeed, Williams' only mistake at the trial appears to be losing his temper on the second day of cross-examination. That is explained as simply a tactical error: after a calm day of testimony, Williams' attorney (Jason Robards) advises him to let the jury "see a real human being up there...
...Crimson did not intend any slight whatsoever against Currier House. We understand that the opinions of "an obviously distraught" freshman do not reflect life in Currier House. We were in error and regret the publication of the Photogranh The Editors
...Cave. "Our problem is that we don't think they would have come to these conclusions if testimony that should have been before them had been before them. Nevertheless, we regret we gave the jury any reason to find TIME negligent or careless. There was without question one error in the story...