An article last Sunday about the TV series “Mad Men” referred incorrectly to the history of original series on its network, AMC. “Mad Men” is AMC’s first scripted drama series; the show is not AMC’s maiden voyage in original programming. (That occurred with “Remember WENN,” a comedy about a radio station that ran on the network from 1996 to 1998 when it was known as American Movie Classics.) Link
This correction is notable because Gawker got a hold of a related email exchange between the article’s author, Alex Witchel, and the magazine’s research editor. (The reader who pointed out the error was mistakenly included on the exchange.) Here’s Witchel’s email to the research editor after being informed of the request for correction:
The research editor’s reply:
