Insane:

No doubt, you've heard about the fact that in Time magazine's photo-essay accompanying the cover story (!) of Ann Coulter, there is a picture with the caption:

Demon and Idol: Protesters blast Coulter at the G.O.P. Convention in New York City last year.

The problem is that the people identified as "protesters" are, in fact, from the parody group Communists for Kerry. They go over-the-top in order to make fun of the left. But Time magazine didn't get it. They were duped.

But by now (3PM EDT), they know they've been fooled. What do they do? They keep the image there, but update the caption. Here's the situation at the moment:

Now the caption reads:

Pro-G.O.P protesters at the Republican Convention in New York City last year

Correction: The original caption incorrectly stated that these protesters were blasting Coulter

Pro-GOP protesters at the GOP convention?

Pro-GOP protesters, protesting those who are pro-GOP (Coulter).

Can it get any more ridiculous?

Well, what do you expect from a magazine that called the error-prone Powerline blog, the blog-of-the-year.

posted by Quiddity at 4/18/2005 12:01:00 PM