November 13, 2013

A Guardian correction notes the paper mistakenly demoted Chris Christie, and added almost 200 pounds to his frame:

Chris Christie was wrongly described as a Republican mayor in a Shorter cuts item (Weighty issue, 11 November, page 3, G2). He is governor of New Jersey, not a mayor. In addition, 24 stone was converted to 240kg. That should have been about 152kg.

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