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MSNBC.COM corrects worst error in recent online travel column; Travel-Babel discovered it.


Last week, I wrote a long post called "A Wealth of Misinformation from a Noted Travel 'Expert'," documenting the appalling errors in an online travel column by a well-known writer on non-ski activities at ski resorts that was published on msnbc.com.

The story of David (me) and Goliath (the columnist) came to mind when I discovered that msnbc.com had removed the most egregious error -- the one describing Nordic Walking a winter activity -- in the badly flawed column. The revised version is better but still remains a poster child for sloppy journalism and lack of editing. I didn't slay Goliath (nor did I want to), but perhaps a ping on the noggin will serve as a wake-up call to him and his editors to be more careful.