Some rapidly published Falklands accounts are criticized for carrying factual errors into later editions. A specific example identifies Jeremy Larkin as commander of the amphibious task group because he briefed journalists. Larkin was the flag captain, and the account given here says he introduced those briefings as conveying Commodore Michael Clapp's decisions while Clapp coordinated the operation. The mistake confused the officer explaining decisions with the officer making them. Such errors could still cause friction with veterans at later events.
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How Falklands reporting confused a flag captain with the commander
Jeremy Larkin's press briefings illustrate how a command-identification error can persist in accounts of a recent war.