Comments on: "Kill duck before cooking"

"Kill duck before cooking"

nathanstack — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 15:58:04 -0800

"Kill duck before cooking" and other chortle-worthy corrections from The New York Times. If newspapers were smart, they'd recognize that their corrections columns are a potential gold mine in terms of entertainment value, and promote them accordingly. But, alas, newspapers are not smart. (NY Times link, naturally, so the usual warnings apply.)

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 16:16:36 -0800

A caption in Business Day with an article about the National Bank of Kuwait mistranslated the Arabic script of the bank symbol. It says, "National Bank of Kuwait" [not "There is no god but Allah]. Great article - concentrated hilarity!

By: laukf

laukf — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 16:24:35 -0800

The Graunidan's Corrections and clarifications column is always good for a laugh. I think they published a collection of the best a few years ago as well. Some classics in this article...

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 16:45:02 -0800

"— Feb. 14, 1995 A caption misidentified a drag queen shown standing behind Quentin Crisp. The performer was Brandywine, not Lady Bunny" I imagine the drag queen actually called the paper to complain about being misidentified. I would love to have been privy to that phone call.

By: straight

straight — Tue, 22 Jan 2002 06:00:35 -0800

Great. Hype the corrections page into a major attraction and create an incentive for newspapers to be even less accurate.