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Regret The Error - Corrections, Retractions & Clarifications in newspapers around the country
Kim Komando Cool Site of the Day - 1/16/06 ^
| Jan. 16, 2006
| Kim Komando
Posted on 01/16/2006 8:44:30 AM PST by jigsaw
Ooops!
We all make mistakes. But some mistakes are bigger than others. Here's an example--when a newspaper prints incorrect information.
Newspapers frequently run corrections and retractions. But you usually have to search for them.
Well, Regret the Error lists corrections, retractions and clarifications printed in newspapers around the country. It also includes a short commentary.
Sometimes the mistakes are humorous. But I [Kim Komando] don't visit the site to gloat over others' mistakes. I read it because it makes me feel a little better about some of the mistakes I've made.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: 1maybeintentional; 2rememberthecnn; 3xoncheney; alito; alitohearings; correction; error; kim; komando; newspapers; regret; regrettheerror; retraction
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How sweet this is!
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posted on
01/16/2006 8:44:33 AM PST
by
jigsaw
To: jigsaw
The article on this site entitled Breaking: A surprising report on Alito's past is particularly humorous.
2
posted on
01/16/2006 8:47:09 AM PST
by
jigsaw
(God Bless Our Troops!)
To: jigsaw
ROTFLMAO!!
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posted on
01/16/2006 8:47:34 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
To: jigsaw
To: jigsaw
The top one on the page with Judge Alito is priceless.
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posted on
01/16/2006 8:48:59 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
To: reagan_fanatic
Thanks for posting the article! I hope Judge and Mrs. Alito see it -- and they frame it for his office wall.
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posted on
01/16/2006 8:52:35 AM PST
by
jigsaw
(God Bless Our Troops!)
To: reagan_fanatic
I love the correction on the Alito article: "... contained a sentence that was not intended to be part of the brief."
It's left to the reader to decide which sentence.
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posted on
01/16/2006 8:56:46 AM PST
by
Rocky
(Air America: Robbing the poor to feed the Left)
To: jigsaw
A trial story published in the Des Moines Register some years ago resulted in a three column correction statement. The reporter, Liz Ballantine (daughter of one of the shareholders in the Register) got the prosecutor and judge's names mixed up and had the defense attorney sentenced to 20 years. The homicide victim's name was mixed up with the defendant's sister. There were several other beauts but these are the items I remember...
Needless to say, Liz was taken off the courthouse beat for a while.
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:01:27 AM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Don't buy Bose. Their warranty is no good.)
To: jigsaw
I've worked at a major newspaper.
I've worked at a college that trained people to be elementary school teachers.
I know the quality of people writing and editing our newspapers.
I know the quality of people who want to become elementary school teachers.
Be afraid.
Be very afraid.
To: ClearCase_guy
I live in Ithaca NY, aka,
The City Of Evil.
I'm extremely afraid already!
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:21:24 AM PST
by
jigsaw
(God Bless Our Troops!)
To: jigsaw
My favorite headline, from the
Macomb [IL] Journal:
After Fatal Beating, Suspect Commits Suicide
To: Slings and Arrows
That certainly appears Clintonian.
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:37:28 AM PST
by
jigsaw
(God Bless Our Troops!)
To: jigsaw
Why did Alito shoot the Pope?
They are both Catholic. Did they have a disagreement about doctrine or was it a personal thing?
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:44:35 AM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: jigsaw
Just bad writing, actually, but it does lead to some bizarre images.
To: reagan_fanatic
Is this why Teddy Kennedy wants to delay the Alito vote????
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:57:31 AM PST
by
E.Allen
To: reagan_fanatic
I laughed so hard the first time I read that. I'm still laughing while I type this...I can't believe the lack of quality in some editing rooms!
To: jigsaw
Never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over.
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posted on
01/16/2006 10:08:31 AM PST
by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: reagan_fanatic; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; ...
Check the last sentence.
To: Slings and Arrows; reagan_fanatic
Someone really goofed up.
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posted on
01/16/2006 5:36:13 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Tagline subverted for nefarious plans of nefariousness.)
To: reagan_fanatic
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posted on
01/16/2006 5:36:15 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(I'm here all week. Try the veal.)
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