'Yikes': New York Times issues 'best correction ever'

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

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.