Slog - Comments on They Really Regret It http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it From today's NYT "Corrections: For the Record"... An article in some copies on Wednesday about Congressional efforts to pass legislation to expand the government’s electronic wiretapping powers misspelled — yet again — the surname of the attorney general of the United States, in three of four references. He is Alberto R. Gonzales, not Gonzalez. (The Times has misspelled Mr. Gonzales’s name in at least 14 articles dating to 2001 when he became White House counsel. This year alone Mr. Gonzales’s name has been misspelled in February and March, and in two articles in April.)... Copyright 2008 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:39:36 -0800 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:39:21 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by kerri harrop i love it when the old gray lady gets bitchy.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776001 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776001 Media Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:06:17 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I'd like to mispel his name as something else - deceased.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776025 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776025 Media Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:36:20 -0800 Comment by monkey Dear NYT,

"Fuck Twat" is a LOT easier to spell and requires less keystrokes.

Just thought you'd like to know.

Yours truly,

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776100 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776100 Media Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:17:00 -0800 Comment by lostboy I am now in love with whoever at the NYT had spine enough to write and publish that correction.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776125 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776125 Media Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:46:52 -0800 Comment by gnossos That is priceless.

]]> gnossos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776222 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776222 Media Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:31:00 -0800 Comment by JBoy Isn't this like Dwyane Wade? When your common name isn't spelled the common way, get used to it being butchered your whole life.

]]> JBoy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776341 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776341 Media Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:04:21 -0800 Comment by pat i have been amused many times over the years when the local papers and tv stations refer to our madison st as madison ave or our beacon ave as beacon st or rainier valley as the central area etc etc. No accuracy no credibility i say

]]> pat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/they_really_regret_it#c776584 Media Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:39:21 -0800