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THE NEW YORK Times does a lot of things well.
The paper of record particularly excels at corrections.
Yesterday, the Times admitted it had erroneously referred to ‘Kyrgyzstan’ as ‘Kyrzbekistan’ in an article on rock climber Tommy Caldwell.
They both sound alike but the latter is missing out on one fundamental thing: existence.
If you’ve never checked out the paper’s corrections page, you should – there’s often some real gems in there.
Back in September 2013, the Times apologised for giving the wrong profession to well- known plumber duo Mario and Luigi.
The paper referred to the brothers as janitors in an obituary for Hiroshi Yamauchi – the former president of Nintendo.
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The same newspaper that said a couple of years ago that Irish people catch pigeons on the street in traps to eat because of austerity.
Don’t we?
I catch mine in an net, Annette does some complaint though
Best way to catch pigeons is to overfeed them with bread and after hours of this you can pounce on/capture loads of them. They will just eat and eat and get too heavy to fly away, the stupid things. Hoooo HOO HOO hoo hoooo
They mixed up Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. It’s hardly a boneheaded mistake now.
I frequently see media referencing a fictitious place called “Northern” Ireland.
And the fictious notion that Dear Leader Gerry was a member of a terrorist organisation.
Exactly Jason… pure fiction spread by investigative journalists, former PIRA members, multiple security services and dogs on the street.
Who do you guys reckon will win this year’s superbowl….the Packers are looking good and Rodgers is a top notch QB but I dunno if he has that long throw threat, of course the Patriots with Tom Brady are always a good bet and the Seahawks are looking good for back to back titles…..the Cowboys and the Broncos with Romo and Manning calling the plays can’t be easily dismissed….but I still think Romo will choke just like manning did last year….
This is the “completely off topic” section….isn’t it?
I’ll be happy as long as New England don’t win.
Hah!
800 years….and stuff.
No worries NYT.. Kyrzbekistan is in the next Bond movie.
You’re ones to talk.
The Journal’s corrections log must be longer than the book of Kells.
Strange comparison. The Book of Kells is rather short.
We’re gonna get them Muslamistanis.
Now watch this drive…
Idiots! Such an obvious mistake.
Some newspapers and media mention palestine but I can’t find it on google map
You have to zoom in really close as it’s shrinking on a daily basis due to a country breaching international law.
The word palestine does not exist on the google map
Wooooosh
Palestine has never, ever, existed as a state.
So what was it called before 1948 because thats when the jews started invading or was it 58 either way what was it called?
US mainstream media is responsible for making up a hell of a lot of stuff.
Yet you reference it when it suits your f8ckd up agenda.
You mean this their f8ckd up agendas.
They cannot even get their act together with crisis actors,
http://obama793.com/2015/01/08/crisis-actors-and-their-doubles/
Whereas the state-controlled Iranian propaganda press that Frank is forever citing for his “facts” never makes anything up. Yeah right :-)
There is certainly more credibility in Iranian Press concerning Israel’s ongoing atrocities on Palestinian.
No mention of this in today;s western mainstream Media.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/01/08/392212/Gazans-lack-shelter-from-brutal-cold
And in the very next story, thejournal refers to randalstown as ‘ranadalstown’. Good job!
So what, its not such a big deal for a country whose previous president once said ” most of our imports come from abroad” they are not really at the races when it comes to geography with the exception of their military machine. And the people of Kyrgyzstan are not minded to change anything I’m sure.
Since when does a typo error merit an article?
They have also been caught out making up news stories too ! Check out NYT on ebola via youtube interesting video concerning the NYT !
Durka durka, Islamic Jihad.
A paragon of truth…. not NYT…it is a leftist rag
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