Here are the corrections I
will be making in future printings. Readers are invited to
suggest others.
On the first page, with Eisenhower's speech, my mind
meant 1964 but my fingers typed 1952. That one hurts.
p.2 Bush was carrying his copy of BIAS in January
2002, not 2001
p.21 Substitute the word "blue" for "red."
p.42 Jennifer Grossman is the name of the former MSNBC
blonde pundette from whom Laura allegedly borrowed her
leopard-skin skirt. Jennifer Fitzgerald is the former
long-time aide to ex-President George H.W. Bush who,
according to The Washington Post, "served the president
in a variety of positions."
pp.78-79 The count I did here of the pages of Drudge's
book, was originally inspired by another count in a
review by G. Beato. While both the research and the
prose are entirely my own, Mr. Beato has asked for a
footnote. His review appeared in The Washington Post
on October 9, 2000, p.C02.
p. 85. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation is not
defunct. I was thinking of the Olin Foundation. Moroever,
William M. Hammett, former head of the Manhattan Insittute,
has written me a long letter explaining his differences
with my interpretation of events relating to the publication
of "Losing Ground" and the Institute's role
in promoting it. I plan to re-examine the evidence in
light of his letter and make revisions as necessary
in the paperback edition of the book.
p.208 President Bush's exact words were: “I
can hear you, and the rest of the world hears
you, and the people -- (cheers and applause) and the
people who knocked these buildings down will hear all
of us soon”
p.221 Substitute
"Fox Newswatch" for the misnamed, "Fox
on Media."
p.222 Baker and Botts was not founded by James A.
Baker. The law firm's history stretches back to 1840,
when Peter Gray first hung his shingle in Houston .
The firm eventually became Baker & Botts after Walter
Browne Botts and James Addison Baker, great-grandfather
of...current partner James A. Baker III, joined the
partnership."
p.242 The Weekly Standard's first issue did not appear
in April of '1996. It was the fall of 1995.
p.252 The name of the organization headed by Grover
Norquist is "Americans for Tax Reform."
Note: The book appears to contain an egregious number
of typos. I appreciate the efforts of those who have
written to point them out. I'm not listing them, however,
here because they do not materially affect the argument.