WAS IT A MISTAKE?

Newspaper corrects 'Jackass' Keith Olbermann mixup

August 21, 2009 | 3:54 am

Thank goodness, The Times newspaper is the forthright, ethical institution that it is.

And when a mistake happens, it rushes to set the journalistic record straight with an honest repair.

Here is an actual correction from Page A4 of today's print edition:

FOR THE RECORD:

TV listings: The Prime-Time TV grid in Thursday's Calendar section mistakenly listed MTV's "Jackass" show on the MSNBC cable schedule at 7 and 10 p.m. where instead MSNBC's "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" should have been listed.

It's not the Worst Mistake in the World.

But without this kind of correction, online too, a few thousand people might have tuned into MSNBC, the Obama administration's favorite cable channel, expecting to see a 'Jackass' show and instead they'd have found Keith Olbermann.

Worse, what if nobody noticed the difference?

-- Andrew Malcolm

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Have a nice day!

Sammy C.