Robert Rector once again published his annual best (or worst) news media corrections for 2015. The worst of the news is often a topic of discussion among internet denizens, so perhaps we can look today at the more amusing, instead.  As Mr. Rector says, “A little humor is good medicine when you spend your days covering a world that has gone mad.” Just a few favorites from his list:

“An article on Monday about a recall election facing Colorado lawmakers who supported gun-control legislation referred incorrectly to one of the Republican challengers expected to face John Morse, the State Senate president, on the ballot. The candidate, Bernie Herpin, is a former city councilman, not an author of erotic novels.” — New York Times.

“Karol Wojtyla was referred to in Saturday’s Credo column as “the first non-Catholic pope for 450 years”. This should, of course, have read “non-Italian pope.” —London Times.

“Just to keep the record straight, it was the famous Whistler’s
Mother, not Hitler’s, that was exhibited at the recent meeting of the  Pleasantville Methodists. There is nothing to be gained in trying to explain how the error occurred.” —Titusville (Pa.) Herald.

“Our panel listing the expected highlights at Glastonbury this summer catapulted into the festival’s headliners a band not so much obscure as unknown, even to those expert in Judaic contributions to rock. The group Frightened Rabbi should have been the Scottish band FrightenedRabbit.” — The Guardian.

Finally, one that I am sure would give Mark Steyn a good laugh:

“The Ottawa Citizen and Southam News wish to apologize for our apology to Mark Steyn, published Oct. 22. In correcting the incorrect statements about Mr. Steyn published Oct. 15, we incorrectly published the incorrect correction. We accept and regret that our original regrets were unacceptable.” — Ottawa Citizen and Southam News.