Reason #765,556,567,000 Why I enjoy Andrew Malcolm’s writings.

Heh!

Thank goodness The Times is the forthright, ethical institution that it is.

And when a mistake happens, it rushes to set the journalistic record straight with an honest repair.

Here is an actual correction from Page A4 of today’s print edition:

FOR THE RECORD

TV listings: The Prime-Time TV grid in Thursday’s Calendar section mistakenly listed MTV’s “Jackass” show on the MSNBC cable schedule at 7 and 10 p.m. where instead MSNBC’s “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” should have been listed.

It’s not the Worst Mistake in the World.

But without this kind of correction, online too, a few thousand people might have tuned into MSNBC, the Obama administration’s favorite cable channel, expecting to see a “Jackass” show, and instead they’d have found Olbermann.

Worse, what if nobody noticed the difference?

– Andrew Malcolm

via Newspaper corrects ‘Jackass’ Keith Olbermann mix-up | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times.

Good question, that dude; in my opinion, has become a partisan parody of real Political commentary since Obama took office.  I venture to guess that not many people would have known the difference.

Others: Los Angeles Times, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Moe Lane, NewsBusters.org, Gateway Pundit and Riehl World View