The New York Times prints this correction:
An article on Jan. 16 about the way presidents fare in their second terms misstated the reason Bill Clinton was impeached. He was accused of perjury and obstruction of justice, not of having an affair with an intern.
Thanks to alert reader Hank K., who observes: “Any chance that blunder happens if you or I are fact-checking this story? Not bloody likely.”
Amen.
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spamboy (91b3b2) — 2/2/2005 @ 11:31 pmThat’s more than interesting, that’s hilarious. A broader misstatement of fact is hard to imagine.
I guess Clinton got fined and suspended from the bar in Arkansaw for committing adultery, eh?
MaxedOutMama (7c495c) — 2/3/2005 @ 9:16 amYou know, Patterico first came to my attention when he posted about an opera that he had never read, listened to or seen, Die Frau ohne Schatten.
He wants to set himself up as a fact-checker?
m.croche (bd03d9) — 2/3/2005 @ 11:31 amSpamboy,
They were going into automatic moderation. It’s fixed now.
Clod,
The Times’ music critic disagreed with you on that. The edit wasn’t what he intended. Get over it already.
Patterico (756436) — 2/3/2005 @ 11:55 pm