Instant Karma's Gonna Get You...
A reporter chiding a blogger for misspelling a word manages to misspell the word "misspell."
Published: 4/1/2010 1:11 PM ET
As a believer in instant karma, Times Watch is hesitant to chide the Times over grammar and misspellings, secure in the knowledge that my critical post would itself contain a grammar problem or a misspelling. But this particular Times goof has a layer of irony that makes it too good to leave alone.
Alex Williams profiled nine gossip bloggers for the front of Thursday's Styles section, and included both a "notable scoop" and a "memorable gaffe" for each one, including Gawker editor Maureen O'Connor (emphasis added).
But Williams made quite a "memorable gaffe" himself: As caught by The NYT Picker blog, Williams misspelled the word "misspelled" - it has two S's, not one. (The typo has been corrected online but remains preserved for posterity in the print edition.)
Alex Williams profiled nine gossip bloggers for the front of Thursday's Styles section, and included both a "notable scoop" and a "memorable gaffe" for each one, including Gawker editor Maureen O'Connor (emphasis added).
MEMORABLE GAFFE: Took Fox News to task over a typo in a chyron (a term for the graphics at the bottom of a TV screen) identifying former the Arizona Congressman J.D. Hayworth as a "congresswoman." Too bad Ms. O'Connor mispelled the word chyron in the post.
But Williams made quite a "memorable gaffe" himself: As caught by The NYT Picker blog, Williams misspelled the word "misspelled" - it has two S's, not one. (The typo has been corrected online but remains preserved for posterity in the print edition.)
