Quickly Vanishing Corrections On LA Times Corrections Page!

http://www.slate.com/id/2133392/&#gloat

http://nalert.blogspot.com/2005/12/los-angeles-times-admits-outrageous.html

Now I usually check the LA Times Corrections page multiple times a day - even though - usually - corrections are only put up once a day - because one never knows when a correction will be posted - and then very quickly disappear. Luckily, Steve Bartin over at NEWS ALERT spoted this one and Mickey Kaus then linked to it.

And - apparently, but I can not completely confirm as it was never up at any time I looked on that page - this past Christmas morning, the following correction very briefly appeared:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-correxlive25.2dec25,1,4801685.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

For the record

December 25, 2005 Religion and government:

A Dec. 18 article defending the separation of church and state stated that the Rev. Jerry Falwell claimed that Ellen DeGeneres played a role in the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina because she was the host of the Emmy Awards before both events. He made no such claim.

The question now, of course is - exactly where did they get this false quote from? Was it from another April Fool's press release - or.....? The Times needs to explain to its readers exactly why and how so many fabricated quotes keep ending up in the the paper.

And I am still waiting for the Times to correct the fabricated quotes in its recent Wyatt Earp story since even the writer has openly admitted he fabricated those quotes.

But, evidently - that still does not meet the Times' standards of printing a correction.

Lastly - when it comes to a nut case like Falwell - why would anyone feel the need to fabricate quotes to make him look like a nut case? The man is perfectly capable of doing it himself without anyone else's help.