March 6, 2012

The New York Times really should have gotten this particular woman’s age right:

An article on Monday about a lawsuit filed against the Internet Movie Database by the actress Junie Hoang for disclosing her age in an online profile misstated her age. She is 40, not 41.

h/t to Jim Romenesko, whose post alerted me to this error.

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