Rigorous Standards
—Dave Barry, pundit, author and Pulitzer-winning humor columnist, 1995
• Editorial Comment: And we’re always training: I learned very little about something new just last week.
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Alert WORDster Andrew Merton notes, "I believe the Weekly World News ran the following correction in a subsequent issue: 'In our last issue we reported that a journalist was eaten alive by a dinosaur. In fact, he was eaten alive by an 80-foot iguana. The News regrets the error.'"
ReplyDeleteOn inspection, it appears that the Weekly World News' motto may be, "Diligence in never-ending pursuit of accuracy is our watchword." –WWN