That doesn’t come close to capturing the nature of Breitbart’s transgressions. And it’s pretty rich considering Breitbart’s Big Journalism site has made a regular feature of demanding that other media outlets issue corrections.

Thanks, snuh!

A different version of this article ran in Saturday’s print edition. This version has been corrected.

A totally useless correction.

Thanks, Brent!

A misreading of a Department of Water Resources Web site led to a whopper of an error in Monday’s front-page story on the current storm. Since the beginning of the year, water levels at Lake Oroville have risen a bit more than 15 feet.

So the error was big enough to deem a whopper, yet not important enough to explain?

Due to an editing error, a quote in a story last Saturday about Naomi Klein was wrongfully attributed to Avi Lewis. Mr. Lewis was not interviewed for the story.

Lewis and Klein are married.

Editor’s Note: This version corrects the original editorial which implied that physicist Stephen Hawking, a professor at the University of Cambridge, did not live in the UK.

Oh, but there’s so much more to this Editor’s Note from Investor’s Business Daily. It omits the original, ridiculous statement contained in the editorial. And here it is, as quoted by the Guardian:

The controlling of medical costs in countries such as Britain through rationing, and the health consequences thereof, are legendary. The stories of people dying on a waiting list or being denied altogether read like a horror script … People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the UK, where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.

The paper also got a quote from professor Hawking:

“I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.”

Wonkette also had some fun with this mistake.

Thanks, Kim!

Last week I posted a blog about comedian Al Franken joining the Senate (here), including a picture of Franken wearing bunny ears and a diaper.

Franken did many things on Saturday Night Live that could be embarrassing to a Senator. But apparently, that was not one of them. It turns out the picture was photoshopped.

We don’t knowingly run false pictures, so I took it down and replaced it with another goofy picture of Sen. Franken…

Not much of an apology/correction. Plus, it’s wrong: his post from last week has been scrubbed from the site.

Thanks, Romenesko!

UPDATE July 7: The Cincinnati Beacon today posted a good timeline of events:

1.  Bronson uploads the fake photo and presents it as real.
2.  The problem is brought to his attention.
3.  Bronson tries to avoid doing the right thing, issuing this comment on the now deleted blog post:

PeterBronson wrote:
Yes, the photo of Franken in a diaper was apparently altered. But it’s not exacly a big reach to believe it could have come from one of his SNL skits. It resonates because people find it easy to see Franken that way.
7/6/2009 10:46 AM EDT

4.  Bronson’s bad behavior is picked up nationally by media watchdog groups.
5.  The original post is deleted.
6.  An apology is issued, pointing back to a blank page since the evidence has been removed from Enquirer’s servers.

After spending his career as a professional columnist with a major daily paper, I expect more straightforward and ethical behavior from Peter Bronson.

Thanks, Morgan!