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urban legends

The Truth is Out There: Fact Checking in Editing

By Ooligan Press

April 15, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

By Rebekah Hunt There are a lot of things that are considered to be common knowledge. For example, did you know that karaoke is Japanese for tone-deaf? Did you know that Mr. Rogers was a Navy SEAL? Did you know that chewing gum takes seven years to pass through your digestive system? Well, unfortunately for […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: common knowledge, Editing, fact checking, Georgia, Golden Gate Bridge, Google+, information, magazine, Navy SEAL, newspaper, ooligan press, San Francisco, Star Trek, urban legends, writing

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