Friday, April 2, 2010

April Fools

 From The New York Times, April 1, 2010

Note: an earlier version of this column had an item about a blog post by a personal-injury lawyer, Eric Turkewitz, announcing that he had been appointed the White House law blogger. Blogospheric chatter indicates a high likelihood that this post was an April Fool hoax. Mr. Turkewitz declined to give us a straight answer on this score, so, pending callback from the White House, we've taken the item down.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

17 dollars, 20 cents

From The New York Times 

An article on Thursday about a Congressional panel that questioned the need for the Treasury Department’s bailouts of GMAC in 2008 and 2009 gave an incomplete figure for the overall amount of the government’s financial package. It totaled $17.2 billion. (The word “billion” was omitted.)

Monday, March 15, 2010

Jon and Kate plus?

amNewYork

"Monday’s edition of the Buzz, incorrectly reported the number of children Jon and Kate Gosselin have. They have eight."