Multiple choice

Which of the following statements about American journalist William Safire who passed away recently is incorrect?

  1. He was a long-time syndicated political columnist for the Los Angeles Times

  2. He was a regular contributor to �On Language� in the New York Times Magazine

  3. He served as the speech writer to President Richard Nixon in 1968

  4. He won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1978
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Explanation

He was a long-time syndicated political columnist for the New York Times. He was a regular contributor to �On Language� in the New York Times Magazine, a column on popular etymology, new or unusual usages, and other language-related topics. He won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1978. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in 2006.

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