Funny ‘Star Wars’ Correction Issued by Newspaper

Funny ‘Star Wars’ correction: The Tampa Bay Times recently issued a correction to a story it published about dating at Comic-Con.
Funny ‘Star Wars’ Correction Issued by Newspaper
Jack Phillips
4/10/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

Funny ‘Star Wars’ correction: The Tampa Bay Times recently issued a correction to a story it published about dating at Comic-Con.

A Tampa Bay Times reporter misquoted a moderator who made a “Star Wars” reference, the paper admitted.

“A Tampa Bay Times reporter not strong in the ways of the force (or Star Wars lore) quoted the event’s moderator, Croix Provence, as asking: ‘Are you ready to find love in all the wrong places?’” the correction reads.

But it added: “What Provence actually said was: ‘Are you ready to find love in Alderaan places?' She was referring to Princess Leia Organa’s home world, which appeared briefly in the 1977 film. Regret the error, we do.”

Poynter.org pointed out that the Times admitted its reporter was “not strong in the ways of the force.”

 

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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