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New York Times Issues Silliest Correction Ever

Apparently, militants like fruity drinks

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 19, 2012 2:39 PM CDT

(Newser) – The elite journalists at the New York Times want to make sure they get it right every time—even when it comes to, say, an alleged militant's taste in fruity beverages. The Times ran a surreal interview this morning with Ahmed Abu Khattala, who officials suspect helped lead the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi. In its original report, the Times said Khattala had "spent two leisurely hours on Thursday evening at a crowded luxury hotel, sipping mango juice on a patio."

But it has since issued a very important correction, spotted by New York Magazine: "It was a strawberry frappe, not mango juice, which is what he had ordered," the editors shamefacedly admit. Really, we feel bad for the wait staff at this hotel. You screw up one drink order, and suddenly it's in the New York Times.

Is this the drink of choice for Libyan militants?
Is this the drink of choice for Libyan militants?   (Shutterstock)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 11 comments
myflap.blow
Oct 20, 2012 6:11 AM CDT
don't blame him- that other drink sounds much more manly.
WinglessExtremist
Oct 19, 2012 3:45 PM CDT
 Americans have been killed and this is what the "elitist" writers at the NYT are writing about? Pathetic bunch of losers.  This is a huge deal, either the Obama administration is so incompetent that they allow this clown to roam free, or this is a front man and they let him roam free, either way it doesn't look good for Obama.
sdklfjsl
Oct 19, 2012 3:01 PM CDT
it doesn't matter how far i move that slide to more serious, i still get this drivel.
 

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