The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Of the Essence
This correction from Essence magazine is a doozy:
A posting on August 20, “Dating Tales of a Church Girl: My Epic Christian Online Dating Fail,” in which the author described her experiences as a member of a dating website, has been removed because it contained numerous factual inaccuracies, including her purchase of a one-year membership at the site, the cost of that one-year membership, her description of her experience on the site, and the substance of emails and photos she received from other members.
This correction ran on Aug. 27, so it would normally be too dated to include in the column. But it really is the Platonic ideal of “Other Than That, the Story Was Accurate,” isn’t it?
Note: The excerpt above is from the 9/24/12 BOTW archives.
For more “Best of the Web” click here and look for the “Best of the Web Today” link in the middle column below “Today’s Columnists.”
