The Krugman correction
See the post by Michelle Malkin on two corrections issued by Paul Krugman regarding his two most recent, deeply deceitful columns: "The Krugman correction." The "corrections" (one of which is botched, as Michelle explains) are appended to Krugman's column today. As usual, Michelle has the appropriate quotes and an exhaustive set of links.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune ran the first of the two Krugman columns leading to today's "corrections" this past Sunday. Readers of the Star Tribune will remain in their cloud of unknowing for the indefinite future. If and when a correction ever arrives in the Star Tribune, my guess is that it will be buried and incomprehensible, unless the Star Tribune simply runs today's Krugman column with its "corrections." Among the corrections to which the Star Tribune has attended on a more timely basis is this one from Wednesday:
• A caption on Page B1 Tuesday incorrectly stated the day that members of the Fabulous Fedoras played golf. It was Sunday.By far the most amusing of the corrections run by the Star Tribune in recent days, however, is this one regarding Minnesota Senator Mark Dayton, a sort of officeholding equivalent of Paul Krugman:
• In a Q&A interview on Page A4 on Aug. 16, Sen. Mark Dayton spoke incorrectly on three points: He visited a Nike contract factory, not a Nike plant; the factory employs 4,000 workers, not 500, and the employees at the factory make approximately $100 every month, not 60 to 70 cents a day. Dayton made the errors in a conference call with reporters, according to his spokeswoman.The Star Tribune's August 16 interview with Dayton is available here.
