Wednesday, October 15, 2008

If The Word Downtown Is In A LA Times Headline - You Can Be Sure Some Fact Will Be Wrong In The Headline! UPDATE!!

(The below needed correction has how been actually corrected - but the link and the dateline of the story was not changed - so it goes to the corrected story as opposed to the original story. So read the below story - then below that is the now corrected story. And whether some editor spotted the mistake - or if someone saw my post - I don't care. The point is that the story is now correct)

Now there are a number of possible definitions of the phrase high-rise in Los Angeles. Most people think a high rise is 15 or 20 stores - or more. Some think it is anything taller than the old 13 story high limit. But the legal definition is a grand total of... 10 stories. Except, of course.... in the Los Angeles Times...

Fire in downtown L.A. high-rise quickly extinguished

No injuries are reported after flames erupt in a garment manufacturing business on the top floor of a nine-story building. The cause is under investigation.

By Richard Winton and Catherine Chang-Hsin Ho, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
6:19 PM PDT, October 15, 2008

Firefighters extinguished a small blaze at a downtown Los Angeles high-rise within minutes this afternoon, officials said.

The fire was reported about 4:15 p.m. on the top floor of the nine-story building at 830 S. Hill St., where a garment manufacturing business operated, said Asst. Fire Chief Robert Franco of the Los Angeles Fire Department.


Now here is the corrected version:

Fire in downtown L.A. building quickly extinguished

No injuries are reported after flames erupt in a garment manufacturing business on the top floor of a nine-story building. The cause is under investigation.

By Richard Winton and Catherine Chang-Hsin Ho, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
6:19 PM PDT, October 15, 2008

Firefighters extinguished a small blaze at a downtown Los Angeles building within minutes this afternoon, officials said.

The fire was reported about 4:15 p.m. on the top floor of the nine-story building at 830 S. Hill St., where a garment manufacturing business operated, said Asst. Fire Chief Robert Franco of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

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