NYTimes correction: "An earlier version of this article misspelled the singer’s surname.... He is Bruce Springsteen, not Springstein."
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Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) November 08, 2012No, for real. The New York Times wrote an article in which they referred to singer Bruce Springsteen and “Bruce Springstein.”
MT @JeffreyGoldberg NYTimes: "….misspelled the singer’s surname…He is Bruce Springsteen, not Springstein." nyti.ms/PGQlLT—
Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) November 08, 2012
Worse, they did it a number of times. A screenshot from the updated The New York Times article:
Perhaps the New York Times writer was just so horrified by Springsteen’s creepy ode to Obama that he invented a new singer?
Hilarity, of course, swiftly ensued.
Oy RT @JeffreyGoldberg: NYT "An earlier version of this article misspelled the singer’s surname. He is Bruce Springsteen, not Springstein."—
Chris Moody (@Chris_Moody) November 08, 2012
amazing MT @JeffreyGoldberg: NYTimes correction: An earlier version of this article misspelled the surname…. Springsteen, not Springstein.—
Alex Callahan (@AlexCallahan) November 08, 2012
@JeffreyGoldberg #LesserKnownJews—
William D. Adler (@williamadler78) November 08, 2012
Man, how amazing would Bruce Springstein be? (See last RT)—
Mike F. (@frizz) November 08, 2012
Bruce Springstein performed my son's Bris. It was epic.—
AHT (@HoagieHaus) November 08, 2012
I'm pretty sure Bruce Springstein was my dentist when I was a kid. twitpic.com/bbhai2—
Chris Heller (@c_heller) November 08, 2012
@JeffreyGoldberg NYTimes: An earlier version of this article misspelled mad scientists surname. He is Dr. FrankenSHTEEN, not FrankenSTINE.—
Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) November 08, 2012
@Chris_Moody @JeffreyGoldberg Saw Springstein in the Catskills last summer. Amazing. 3hr show, 5-8pm. Buffet merely adequate.—
Don Wood (@thatdonwood) November 08, 2012
@JeffreyGoldberg I've seen that same mistake occur alot recently. #Borntoschlep.—
Bob Harper (@GenesisPOrridge) November 08, 2012
@DylanByers Some guy in South Williamsburg named Bruce Springstein is shaking his fist in the air as we speak.—
Will Levith (@Mediawill) November 08, 2012
@JeffreyGoldberg – someone should set up an @springstein account.—
John A Gans Jr (@johngansjr) November 08, 2012
Heh. More, please.
Update: And, the hilarity continues. Now with more hashtag. Enter: #BruceSpringsteinSongs
Born in the U.S.A. (But I Have Dual Loyalties) #BruceSpringsteinSongs—
Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) November 08, 2012
#BruceSpringsteinSongs is the best thing to happen to Jewish music since someone put the Four Questions to music.—
Aaron Connelly (@ConnellyAL) November 08, 2012
#BruceSpringsteinSongs Don't Dance in the Dark, You Could Put an Eye Out—
Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) November 08, 2012
#BruceSpringsteinSongs Ha'atzmaut Day—
Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) November 08, 2012
Oy Vey, I'm On Fire. #BruceSpringsteinSongs—
Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) November 08, 2012
Schvitzing in the Dark #BruceSpringsteinSongs cc @joshgreenman—
Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) November 08, 2012
Does this Bus Stop at *2nd Street? What??? Speak up I can't hear you. #BruceSpringsteinSongs—
Jod (@jodmentum) November 08, 2012
#BruceSpringsteinSongs Open All Night Except on Friday—
Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) November 08, 2012
#BruceSpringsteinSongs 10th Avenue Is Freezing Out So Wear Your Coat and Hat!—
Jay Caruso (@jaycaruso) November 08, 2012