{"id":117,"date":"2007-07-30T20:49:17","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T01:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/2007\/07\/30\/ill-need-that-by-feb-30\/"},"modified":"2007-07-30T20:49:17","modified_gmt":"2007-07-31T01:49:17","slug":"ill-need-that-by-feb-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/30\/ill-need-that-by-feb-30\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ll need that by Feb. -30-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/07\/30\/pageoneplus\/corrections.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin\" title=\"There is no February 30th\">ran a correction,<\/a> which undoubtedly will go down into the canon of great corrections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px\">An article on Thursday about the arraignment of three men in the shooting of two New York police officers, one of whom died, misstated the schedule set by a judge for a trial in the case. The trial is expected to begin by February, not by \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Feb. 30.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The error occurred when an editor saw the symbol \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u201d 30 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u009d typed at the bottom of the reporter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s article and combined it with the last word, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153February.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d It is actually a notation that journalists have used through the years to denote the end of an article. Although many no longer use it or even know what it means, some journalists continue to debate its origin. A popular theory is that it was a sign-off code developed by telegraph operators. Another tale is that reporters began signing their articles with \u00e2\u20ac\u015330\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to demand a living wage of $30 per week. Most dictionaries still include the symbol in the definition of thirty, noting that it means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153conclusion\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153end of a news story.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0The best collection of New York Times corrections is in the book. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kill-Duck-Before-Serving-Embarrassing\/dp\/0312284276\" style=\"font-weight: bold\" title=\"Kill Duck Before Serving: Red Faces at The New York Times: A Collection of the Newspaper's Most Interesting, Embarrassing and Off-Beat Corrections (Paperback) \"><span class=\"sans\">Kill Duck Before Serving: <\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kill-Duck-Before-Serving-Embarrassing\/dp\/0312284276\" title=\"Kill Duck Before Serving: Red Faces at The New York Times: A Collection of the Newspaper's Most Interesting, Embarrassing and Off-Beat Corrections (Paperback) \"><span class=\"sans\"><\/span><\/a><span class=\"sans\">Red Faces at The New York Times: A Collection of the Newspaper&#8217;s Most Interesting, Embarrassing and Off-Beat Corrections.  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times ran a correction, which undoubtedly will go down into the canon of great corrections. An article on Thursday about the arraignment of three men in the shooting of two New York police officers, one of whom died, misstated the schedule set by a judge for a trial in the case. 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