Could the Best New York Times Correction Get Even Better?

Vanity Fair Wednesday 11th April, 2012

Greatest New York Times Correction of All Time : "An earlier version of this article misidentified the number of years E.B. White wrote for The New Yorker. It was five decades, not centuries." What could possibly top it? [Harp music and smoke] An earlier version of this article misidentified the number of books Joyce Carol Oates has published. It is more than 40, not more than 40 million. An earlier version of this article misidentified the nu...

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