The other day I noted how an AP reporter equated school grades with intellectual ability in a story about the Yale records of President Bush and Senator Kerry. I wondered if it was a mistake or intentional.
Today an Albuquerque Journal editorialist picks up on the story. Looking at the headline - "Surprise, Surprise: Two Average Students" - I thought the Journal was going to correct the error.
No such luck. In the body of the editorial, the Journal repeats the confusion in the original story before going on to make a point about political caricatures.
The editorial writer may be bright and intellectual, but he or she gets a D on the performance in question. Repeat after me, class - grades may or may not measure intelligence and may or may not have anything to do with intellectuality.