One Month Waiting for a Correction
It’s now one entire month since I told the L.A. Times about an error made by an op-ed contributor, who claimed that George W. Bush had “[e]rroneously said Nelson Mandela was dead.”
One month. I wrote the Readers’ Representative on New Year’s Day.
Oh you bloggers! You just have an agenda.
Alta Bob (4daddd) — 2/1/2008 @ 7:03 amAgain: LAT cringing in embarrassment behind the facade of incorrectability, or just obtusely arrogant? [Bloggers] report, you decide.
no one you know (1f5ddb) — 2/1/2008 @ 8:06 amPaging Mr. Zell!
[NOTE: I found this comment in moderation. I’ve decided WordPress has it in for Bradley J. Fikes but at least his comments get posted faster than an LA Times’ correction. — DRJ]
Bradley J. Fikes (88e14e) — 2/1/2008 @ 8:11 amkeep waiting…………
(just don’t hold your breath. %-)
redc1c4 (48a20b) — 2/1/2008 @ 12:45 pmYou might want to count your blessings. At least she hasn’t buried the correction in a column where she attacks you personally as a partisan hater.
Hoystory (b5e448) — 2/1/2008 @ 12:45 pmNo surprise. For nearly three weeks the Times has failed to make a simple correction of an obvious mistake — the spelling of Jonah Goldberg’s last name as “Goldman.” The readers’ representative acknowledged may e-mail, but, just like Patterico, I got no replay two weeks later when I asked why no correction to a mistake that was plain for all to see. Arrogance rules.
james fulton (c05b9b) — 2/1/2008 @ 4:07 pmThere should be a Pulizter for dogged doughtiness in seeking corrections.
Bradley J Fikes (07666c) — 2/1/2008 @ 6:17 pmThere’s more likely to be a Pulitzer Prize for dogged doughtiness in avoiding making a correction.
Merovign (4744a2) — 2/1/2008 @ 7:47 pmYeah, you could make it a special Pulitzer in memory of Walter Duranty.
j.pickens (53ee7a) — 2/1/2008 @ 10:35 pm