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Correction o’ the Day (pat. pending)
From Wednesday’s New York Times: An article on Nov. 13 about twin brothers who had been sleeping in a tree in Central Park misidentified the type of tree. It is a European beech, not an American elm. (Go to Article) … Continue reading
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Campaign Outsider NYT Corrections Preview (pat. pending)
So late Thursday night the hardworking staff finally caught up with that day’s New York Times report on Part Two of the Sisyphean John Isner/Nicolas Mahut Wimbledon rock-roll, which was suspended at 59-59. As the match wore on, Isner, 25, … Continue reading
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New York Times Correction o’ the Day®
This is the best. A 65-year-old correction in Friday’s New York Times. In full: Corrections A caption on March 6, 1945, for a photograph distributed by The Associated Press that became one of the most widely published images from World … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, Bataan Death March, corrections, New York Times
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Error o’ the Day Update®
Last week the hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider reluctantly recorded this error in the Boston Globe: Roger Williams University School of Law’s David A. Logan had an op-ed piece in Saturday’s Boston Globe about the “crazy-quilt of law” around reporter’s privilege … Continue reading