Thursday, February 24, 2005
CAT O' NINE TAILS:
This example of mind-boggling cluelessness was spotted at the New York Times' typically very long Corrections column for February 24 by The Minor Fall, The Major Lift:
This example of mind-boggling cluelessness was spotted at the New York Times' typically very long Corrections column for February 24 by The Minor Fall, The Major Lift:
The caption on Feb. 14 for a picture by Reuters with the continuation of an article about the Iraqi elections misstated the reason Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a Shiite cleric, was weeping. He was participating in a mourning ritual as part of Ashura, a holy Shiite festival - not reacting to results showing that his political alliance had won a slim majority of seats. A second caption for a Reuters photo misstated the reason a Shiite was shown flagellating himself in a Baghdad procession. He was taking part in the same mourning ritual, not celebrating the election outcome.
