1. Because of these headline writers:
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6. Because of the intrepid work of these photo caption editors:
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8. Because they bring you the hard-hitting facts:
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11. Because the New York Times made this honest correction about My Little Pony characters:
12. As well as this very important correction about Benghazi:
13. Because they'll make corrections about Star Trek lore:
14. And Lord of the Rings
15. And Star Wars
16. And their overall integrity in making corrections:
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23. Because of the important local crime stories:
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30. Because of the layout editors who placed these stories next to each other:
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33. Because of this art director:
34. And the sports editors who have their own terminology for North and South Korea:
35. Because sometimes the Obit editor needed a vacation:
36. And lastly, because of their very crucial advertisements:
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Thanks to Poynter's Regret the Error column for some of the delightful corrections, as well as Reddit's /r/funny for many of these images. Vive journalism.