Regret the Error reports on the best corrections of 2008.
Some great ones:
In the June 20 “Culturebox,” Jonah Weiner stated that Lil Wayne was the first hip-hop artist to fantasize about eating his competition. Other rappers have contemplated consuming their rivals.
We said that, in the American TV drama 24, Jack Bauer, the counter-terrorism agent, resorted to electrocution to extract information. You cannot extract information from someone who has been electrocuted because they are dead (Questioning, the Jack Bauer way, page 1, April 19).
We have been asked to point out that Stuart Kennedy, of Flat E, 38 Don Street, Aberdeen, who appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court on Monday, had 316 pink, frilly garters confiscated not 316 pink, frilly knickers.
The Buzz on Saturday incorrectly described when a Dallas crowd applauded Barack Obama. It was when he blew his nose.
There’s much more, including the apology from the newspaper that somehow misspelled its own name (as seen on the right), here.
316 pink, frilly garters? What a slacker! I have at least 500! And what about this Peterhead? Peterhead? C’mon!
when scottish cops can’t tell the difference between knickers and garters, the world is in DEEP SHIT.
I like how the post itself has some corrections entered at the bottom.
I’d dispute the Jack Bauer one on technical grounds — “electrocution” does not necessarily mean death-by-electrocution. That fucker Bauer belongs in TV jail nonetheless.