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The Forward: “Israel Is Slightly Smaller Than China,” and Other Misconceptions

I once gave my university journalism students a multiple-choice exam with this question: What is the size of Israel? Quite a few chose “slightly smaller than China.” One of my best students interviewed a former Auschwitz inmate, and in her article she identified him as a “survivor of a concentration campus.” “Is ‘campus’ a typo?” I asked. She responded no. Today she’s a reporter on an NPR affiliate.

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