The absolute best newspaper correction notice ever

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(With thanks to ‘The Strip Podcast’ for the clipping)

I have had corrections written for stories I’ve penned. I’ve written corrections for stories reporters have done. But I have never been involved with ANYTHING of this magnitude. If an intern wrote this story, oh God would I want to buy them a drink and give them a hug. But it’s not an intern.

Just click on and read the whole thing, then take a deep breath and begin chuckling and shaking your head:

Wow. That was good, huh?

I’ll leave it to The Strip Podcast to elaborate, because they’re in the area and are familiar with both the paper and reporter responsible.

I was surprised to learn that an experienced reporter was apparently behind this. Some of the mistakes mentioned here … hey, they happen. Even the fact that the story was apparently written to back up a preestablished belief — I’ve seen editors hand out stories like that all the time.

But … the difference between incident reports and actual crimes is something I’d expect an intern fresh from J-School to be aware of. Taking anonymous comments from websites is also just … well, retarded.

Anyway, we all make mistakes. Some of our mistakes make other people’s days. And I was having a bad one until I read this. Thanks, guys!

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