A "Newspaper" Story
Published Jan 24, 2005
There is an old "newspaper" story that a news account about a crime stated, "Officer Jones is a 'defective' on the local police force."
The next day, they printed a statement, "Yesterday we said Officer Jones is a defective on the local police force." We apologize for the error. We meant to say, "Officer Jones is a detective on the local police 'farce'."
The next day, they printed another statement, "Day before yesterday, we erroneously called Officer Jones a defective on the police force. Yesterday, trying to correct the error, we called him a detective on the police farce. We wish to correct this error, too, and say.... we're sorry we even mentioned Officer Jones or the story at all!!"
Originally published January 25, 2005.
