The Colts' margin for error without Manning is frighteningly small.
Nor can he handle questions about the McAlpine error without having to contend with questions and comparisons with Savile.
"When their initial judgments about Vietnam were found to be in error, there was no way to confess their error, without risking defeat at the polls".
In fact, Mr. McNamara is one of very few senior American government officials ever to admit major error without being forced to do so.
CNN reported on its error without apology saying, "The Pentagon had confirmed to us that the bodies were those of military remains".
We would also like to see a major bank step up and pledge to re-credit accounts within 10 days of a customer's reporting an error, without the need for a substitute check.
The point is that simply providing the margin of error without reporting the corresponding confidence level tells us absolutely nothing while creating the illusion of scientific precision -- and of responsible reporting.
This kind of revision in broad daylight, unmasking the error without redacting it, may seem like a form of spontaneity, but it is the working relationship that poets find only to poems that accompany them over the long haul.
