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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

An apology from the horse's mouth

Craig Silverman, the tireless recorder of newspaper apologies, has come up with a beauty. A New York paper, the Syracuse Post-Standard, published a story that told how Mark F. Campbell had been charged with four driving offences, including "aggravated driving while intoxicated." In fact, noted the apology - without apparent irony - "Campbell appears in a sheriff's report that says... his car was struck by a horse... The collision resulted in no tickets." (Via Regret the Error)

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