I thought about dissecting today’s Chronicle editorial on the U.N.’s oil-for-food scandal, but it would be more work than it’s worth. The editorial is, well, classic Chronicle, written in the editors’ “ideal state,” I suppose. Someday maybe they’ll join us in the state of Texas, but until then…
I do however have to point out that Benon Sevan‘s name is used twice and spelled correctly once. Also, Paul Volcker‘s name is misspelled both times it is used. And these misspellings are in the paper, too.
I just don’t know about this “ideal state” newspapers are in. blogHOUSTON’s copy editor works hard to keep us out of there.
KEVIN WHITED ADDS (02-24-2005): The Chronicle has updated the online version, fixing the mistakes outlined above, sans any notification of the correction (aside from a time stamp suggesting changes were made this morning). Correcting mistakes is good. However, the correction of the gaffes should have been noted. And we hope print subscribers will get a correction in tomorrow’s editions.
ANNE ADDS (02-24-2005): This Chronicle editorial caught the eye of the bloggers who run the U.N.’s new blog. If you are wondering why the U.N.’s blog would highlight an editorial on the oil-for-food scandal, it’s probably because the editorial is so forgiving of the U.N.
KEVIN WHITED ADDS MORE (02-24-2005): The original, mistake-riddled version is still available in the Google cache.
