Regretting the illo in the NYT
Editor & Publisher reports a most unusual correction in the Sunday New York Times book section.
An illustration with the Up Front column last Sunday was published in error. The Howard Hampton it depicts is the leader of the New Democratic Party of Ontario, not the reviewer with the same name who was profiled in the column.
The correction was accompanied by a fresh illo:
Art by Joe Ciardiello
Very amusing. If you’re not the one who made the error, that is.
Find the correction here. Find the original July 20 review — with “correction appended” — here. Find a brief bio of Howard Hampton, the NYT reviewer here. Find the E&P brief here.
They don’t have this one posted yet, but if you love finding humor in the misery of others, then you’ll love the Regret the Error web site. Check it out.
