Tuesday, September 16, 2008

McClatchy tells readers about "the Nixon landslide of 1992"

Oooops. This paragraph is from a McClatchy story at the Charlotte Observer:
In the past, Republicans have been elected governor in North Carolina when GOP presidential candidates had strong coattails. Jim Holshouser was helped by the Nixon landslide of 1992...

I think Nixon's landslide was 1972. I'm sure it wasn't 1992, when Bill Clinton was elected to his first term. Hat tip: Headsup

UPDATE 9/16 11:15 AM: Just checked, the Charlotte Observer fixed the mistake.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Copy editors and fact checkers are an overhead expense not needed in the modern newsroom.