[Outdated] Atlas Society misquotes Bari Weiss

In-house rules Feb 19, 2024 · By Dennis Hackethal

Misquote: 10 issues found

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The universities [play] favorites based on the speech they prefer and the racial group hierarchies [they’ve] established. [It’s] a nasty game and they need to be called [to account] for it.

Original text

The universities are playing favorites based on the speech they prefer and the racial group hierarchies that they have established. It is a nasty game and they need to be called out for it.

Quote text

The universities play favorites based on the speech they prefer, and the racial group hierarchies they’ve established. It’s a nasty game and they need to be called to account for it.

No use of ellipsis indicated, falling back to default ‘[...]’ if necessary.

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The‧universities‧are‧playingplay‧favorites‧based‧on‧the‧speech‧they‧preferprefer,‧and‧the‧racial‧group‧hierarchies‧that‧they‧havethey’ve‧established.‧It‧isIt’s‧a‧nasty‧game‧and‧they‧need‧to‧be‧called‧outto‧account‧for‧it.

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#	Part	Valid?	Explanation
1	The‧universities‧
2	~~are‧playing~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘[...]’ or [replacement].
3	play	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
4	‧favorites‧based‧on‧the‧speech‧they‧
5	~~prefer~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘[...]’ or [replacement].
6	prefer,	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
7	‧and‧the‧racial‧group‧hierarchies‧
8	~~that‧they‧have~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘[...]’ or [replacement].
9	they’ve	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
10	‧established.‧
11	~~It‧is~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘[...]’ or [replacement].
12	It’s	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
13	‧a‧nasty‧game‧and‧they‧need‧to‧be‧called‧
14	~~out~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘[...]’ or [replacement].
15	to‧account	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
16	‧for‧it.

Notes

Correction: The Atlas Society did not misquote Weiss. --- The quote is all caps, as usual with the Atlas Society, but I’ve rendered it the way it’s intended to be, or at least is going to be, understood: as regular case. The Atlas Society gives a seemingly unrelated source pointing to a video of some Atlas Society Gala from 2022 that does not feature Weiss. It’s possible this video is a secondary source – maybe one of the attendants quotes Weiss. There’s no transcript so it would take too long to check. Either way, the Atlas Society does not indicate that this is a secondary source. It attributes the quote directly to Weiss. It’s a little hard to tell (non-native speaker here) whether Weiss says ‘based on the speech’ or ‘based on speech’ (omitting ‘the’). The YouTube transcript contains ‘the’ so I decided to include it, which is more charitable for the Atlas Society anyway.

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