The Art Newspaper Gives Italy the “Getty Bronze” (and Dewey Beats Truman)

In its December issue, The Art Newspaper published a photo of the “Getty Bronze,” along with this stunningly erroneous scoop:
As we went to press, the Getty announced the return to Italy of the remaining antiquities claimed by the country.
In fact, the Getty announced it would return only 26 of the 52 objects that Italy was seeking, and emphatically refused to relinquish its iconic bronze statue of an athlete. The gaffe necessitated this embarrassing online “clarification”:
In our December issue, we incorrectly stated that the Getty Museum in Los Angeles was set to return to Italy the remaining antiquities claimed by the country. In fact, the Getty Museum has agreed to return the 26 objects listed below. The museum has announced that it will not return a 2,500 year old bronze statue of a boy found off the coast of Italy.
The Art Newspaper has a deserved reputation for beating the rest of us to important stories. But he who hesitates (and fact-checks) gets it right. We all make mistakes, but this one was a whopper.