BLOOPS: The Nerdiest Correction Ever
Posted by Andy on May 10, 2011
Via BuzzFeed.com, our friends at the New York Times have made what has been dubbed the Nerdiest Correction Ever, at the intersection of baseball and The Hobbit.
If you're having a bad day (or even if not) this is guaranteed to make you smile.
May 10th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Bilbo definitely loses out in that exchange....
May 10th, 2011 at 6:14 pm
Awesome!
May 10th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
They still didn't get the correction right. I was so upset I wrote this open letter on my website:
http://www.isleyunruh.com/?p=4519
I hope the New York Times fixes this asap.
May 10th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Isley -- Well done. Let's hope the pen is mightier than the ... knife.
May 11th, 2011 at 8:38 am
That should not even be considered as a correction, since it is supposedly what Dickey said. Or are editorial comments now required to be inserted when someone is quoted.
May 11th, 2011 at 10:12 am
@5, Richard -- I think a reporter has an obligation to check the accuracy of statements that he quotes, to the extent reasonably possible -- whether the topic is fictional weapons of mass destruction or ... well .. other fictional weapons.
May 11th, 2011 at 7:30 pm
R.A. Dickey has more than one bat?