Scottish paper issues correction after it claims prom couple were 'the envy of their classmates'

July 18, 2014

Here’s a wonderful backhanded correction from this week’s edition of the Cumbernauld News, of Scotland:

It’s getting pretty lively in Cumbernauld (via @vclxi67) pic.twitter.com/z8OMMhxLE6

— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) July 17, 2014

Vine is a broadcaster with the BBC, and the Twitter user he credits for finding the correction told me that it was published in this week’s edition of the paper. I emailed the paper to see if I can get more information about why Mrs. Masterson raised objections, and why the paper decided to issue the correction.

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