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Oops
July 1, 2006
The Sun Also Rises on the Moon
China thinks Japan's flag is so pretty, it adopts the rising sun for its (slowly) rising space program. Plus: Naughty sources; Murtha's media comeuppance; ancient diamonds; and other enlightening and entertaining media corrections.
Media
June 16, 2006
An Interview With Raël
The prophet of Raëlianism talks to Gelf about spreading the word about peace, love, and building an embassy for extra-terrestrials. He also talks about Scientology and the baby that was supposedly cloned by Raëlians.
The Blurbs
May 19, 2006
'Worst Piece of Star-Vehicle Crap of 2006'
Our roundup of misleading review blurbs in ads for movies takes on The Da Vinci Code, Just My Luck, Poseidon, and more.
Media
March 30, 2006
Fear and Forced Sodomy—A New American Epidemic
By focusing our energies on false problems like MySpace, we're losing sight of where the real child molesters are.
Internet
March 16, 2006
Toothing's Dubious Return
Gelf talks with the creators of the "toothing" hoax, now that their bogus idea has regained currency with reporters.
Sports
March 1, 2006
Grading Olympic Predictions
Gelf reviews several publications' pre-Torino medal predictions and finds—suprisingly—that the US Team met the pundits' expectations.
Oops
February 24, 2006
Don't Quote Me on That
A columnist lashes into his subject for selective quoting, but makes a mistake of his own. Is his paper to blame? Plus: An aggrieved cab driver; drunk docs; hog gambling; chicken wings; Enron perfume; and other enlightening and entertaining media corrections.
The Blurbs
February 19, 2006
'Bad Movie, Good Actors'
Our roundup of misleading review blurbs in ads for movies takes on Brokeback Mountain, Freedomland, Nanny McPhee, and more.
Oops
February 3, 2006
We Spoke Too Soon
The press jumped the gun on Palestinian elections, but few publications corrected the error. Plus: A plagiarist and a fabulist; the New York Times parrots a suspect story; college media problems; and other enlightening and entertaining media corrections.
Media
February 2, 2006
Closing in on Klosterman
Gelf gets Meta-Journalistic with ESPN.com's newest blogger.
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