Obits

Dead is a Four-Letter Word

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media


Jon Chattman

I hate when news outlets break stories of celebrity deaths by simply coming up with a headline of the person's name followed by the word "dead" in all caps.

New York Times Obituary Correction Watch: We'll Fix It When We Get Around To It

Melissa Kirsch | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media


Melissa Kirsch

Here we have a raft of errors that took over eight months for the Times to correct, even though the deceased's son brought the errors to the attention of the paper twice during that time.