Comments on: "CORRERCTION" among newspaper corrections of the year

By: Jardine

Jardine — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:44:00 +0000

Especially the way my paper prints Christina Blizzard’s columns. I’m not sure if the Toronto Sun does it the same way, but it would surprise me if they don’t. She writes an opinion column and I’ve seen it a few times where my local paper starts her column on the front page without labeling it as an opinion and not a real news story.

By: soylent_plaid

soylent_plaid — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:38:00 +0000

This is why I will support any politician that passes a law requiring newspapers to print story corrections on the same page, using the same font, taking up the same number of column inches (including the picture), in approximately the same location as the original offending story. Tell a blatant lie on the front cover above the fold? Print a 48pt. correction on the front cover above the fold.

By: SamSam

SamSam — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:41:00 +0000

The very worst kind of bullshit corrections: Telling a flagrant lie on page 1 (“evil teachers get paid while they strike”), then “corrercting” it days later buried at the bottom of page 12. Assholes.

By: Richard Schneider

Richard Schneider — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:08:00 +0000

ERMAHGERD

By: Tim Anderson

Tim Anderson — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:44:00 +0000

correrction = coercion? Oh the regerts.

By: sincarne

sincarne — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:47:00 +0000

Given the Sun’s love for teacher’s unions, I strongly suspect the “mistake” that would stir up a righteous indignation amongst their readership is anything but.

By: bo1n6bo1n6

bo1n6bo1n6 — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:55:00 +0000

Have they apollolgized for such a stuppid misssteak? Hey morans use spellechek.

By: Logolepsy

Logolepsy — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:28:00 +0000

Déjà vu… Maybe this should have been an addendum or a comment on the previous story: http://boingboing.net/2012/12/11/sentence-fails-to-start-with-c.html instead of a new story.