Could there be a better Halloween related correction?
New York Times corrects: Reporter’s name is not "Chillian J. Yikes” http://t.co/1jlD8Iq1l4
— Poynter (@Poynter) November 1, 2013
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https://twitter.com/LainieSteelman/status/396299864448835585
The New York Times got a writer’s joke Halloween Twitter handle, Chillian J. Yikes, confused with her real name, Jillian C. York:
You guys, the @nytimes issued a correction about my name. I just won the Internet. http://t.co/UUhcjEdMjX
— jillian c. york (@jilliancyork) November 1, 2013
Here’s how the “joke” name appeared on her Twitter account:
Hopefully this doesn’t cause any confusion, because “yikes” is also non-liberal readers’ pseudonym for Paul Krugman.
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