Stubborn Facts Commentator Beth Lapides has been more in tune with her emotional state than the with hard facts of dates and names and places. Faced with questions from a New Yorker magazine fact-checker, she tries to recall information to help proofread a story. But alas, that is not her strength. But she is glad she's more heart than brain.

Stubborn Facts

December 9, 200212:00 AM ET

Heard on All Things Considered

Stubborn Facts

Listen · 3:06 3:06

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/872307/872308" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Commentator Beth Lapides has been more in tune with her emotional state than the with hard facts of dates and names and places. Faced with questions from a New Yorker magazine fact-checker, she tries to recall information to help proofread a story. But alas, that is not her strength. But she is glad she's more heart than brain.