Gawker spotted this incredible error/correction in the Columbia Spectator, a student newspaper:
The paper subsequently retracted the piece. This text has replaced the article on the Spectator’s website:
Because this piece was based on unreliable sources we have decided to retract the article and remove it from the Web site. We appreciate all the letters we have received (one of which is printed in the 4/18/08 issue) and deeply apologize for the error.
Nine of the 11 major Canadian daily newspapers owned by CanWest do not have online corrections pages. Only the National Post and Montreal Gazette have them.
This paper used to have an online corrections page, but it was recently redesigned off the site.
NOTE: MSNBC.com does run corrections for its online reporting. NBC Nightly News also publishes its corrections on MSNBC.com.
None of the six major Canadian English language daily newspapers owned by Sun Media have online corrections pages.
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“One” Dalai Lama? There is only one Dalai Lama at a time, and there has only been one alive since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. How do you reach age eighteen without knowing that?
I mean the original writer, not you!
The original writer was probably thinking of Ösel Tendzin, dharma heir of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. To add to the confusion, the similarly named Tenzin Ösel Rinpoche was recognized by the current Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of a completely different Tibetan lama.