Monday, October 22, 2007

ALOTT5MA--WHERE WE COVER THE ISSUES THAT MATTER: Time for another periodic truth squadding of the NYT on issues of grave pop cultural importance. Two errors jumped off the page at me today:
  • In an article about how when The Darjeeling Limited goes wide, it will be paired with the (much superior) "prologue" short Hotel Chevalier, the NYT claims that Chevalier star Natalie Portman "does not appear in the feature." While Portman's appearance in the feature is very brief, dialogue-free, and almost completely unbilled, she does appear.
  • In an article contrasting how House and Prison Break have coped with the need to transform their premises to stay fresh, Edward Wyatt asserts that "Dr. Gregory House fired one of his long-suffering assistants, leading the other two to resign." In fact, Foreman quit, and in an (exceedingly misguided) effort to get Foreman to stay, House fired Chase, leading to Cameron's resignation (and some very odd hairstyling choices by Jennifer Morrison).

We're quite certain that the Times regrets the errors.

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