If anything was ever wince-worthy, this sure is!
https://twitter.com/AnnieLinskey/status/649668745200304129
Too good to check? Yes. Because it was making the rounds anyway this week on Twitter with sidesplitting results.
@AnnieLinskey I was thinking the same thing — yesterday! I see there is yet another correction today! Poor guy.
— Theresa Juva-Brown (@TJuva) October 1, 2015
That’s right. The correction lasted for MULTIPLE DAYS.
https://twitter.com/AnnieLinskey/status/649720084185919488
Stop it! Our aching sides can’t take much more.
@AnnieLinskey @lrozen Even the corrections bury the lead…Representative Rubio?
— Andy Wright (@AndyMcCanse) October 2, 2015
@AnnieLinskey Jesus. How does any NYT editor let "Congressman Rubio" get by 'em?
— These Robots Love Me (@EdwardEricsonJr) October 1, 2015
Well. Because, New York Times.
And back to the super embarrassing conversation with the editor:
https://twitter.com/AnnieLinskey/status/649670671446986752
Or:
@AnnieLinskey @willrahn could be just one drawn out sigh of profound disappointment
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) October 1, 2015
Oh dear.
And in a sad nutshell:
@AnnieLinskey It would have been shorter to list what was actually correct in the original story.
— Andrew P. Scott (@apscott) October 1, 2015
Bless.