And they did it quickly. This just shows what a few subtle word changes can do for the NYPD.
The New York Times published perhaps the greatest correction in its history on Sunday. “A series of pictures last Sunday of covers of the magazine Tiger Beat, with an article about how the original teen-girl tabloid has remained virtually unchanged since its inception in 1965, erroneously included a parody cover, produced by the satiric newspaper The Onion, that featured a picture of President Obama.” (From ShortFormBlog, via Mediaite)
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Paul Rudd and Michael Ian Black (among others) star in a parody making fun of those NY Times weekender commercials. If you're in New York you'll probably know what they're making fun of. If you're not, it's pretty funny anyways.
Chart that highlights countries based on how often their names appear in the NY Times. To be more precise, the chart color codes countries based on how often their names appear in nytimes.com search results, per citizen…A bit more convoluted than would be desired, but still cool.
Politics Buzz A former Duke football and basketball player now serves as Barack Obama’s 26 year-old body man. Apparently, a “body man” is some kind of newfangled job title that involves nebulous duties like “take care of stuff.” I guess when you’re rich and/or famous enough, you can hire that person you think is really, really cool to be your best friend.