Quick trivia: In the original The Poseidon Adventure, Gene Hackman plays a preacher. What religious denomination was he?I'm not sure it's ever specifically addressed in the movie other than establishing him as a "generic protestant minister," but I know it's NOT Roman Catholic. (Most Catholic priests I know don't wear turtle necks; to some, it's actually considered a mortal sin.) In the movie he's called a "Rev." by the other characters (not Fr.), preaches "sermons" (not homilies) and is referred to as a minister (not priest).
In a New York Times story back in November, Hackman's character (the Rev. Frank Scott) is described by writer Alessandra Stanley as "the take-charge Roman Catholic priest." We here at The Cup of Joe emailed the corrections desk about the mistake, but they never corrected it. Months later, you can still read her (uncorrected) story here. You can read criticism from Gawker about Stanley's past errors here.
I always thought the Times was pretty conscientious about correcting mistakes. If they incorrectly reported, say, the length of Dick Cheney's nose hairs, or how many heart attacks he had this morning between 9 and 10 a.m., or if they JudyMillered America into believing something about the War in Iraq just a smidgen more significant than Rev. Scott's religious preferences, you can bet they'd correct it eventually.
What does a guy have to do to get a correction around here??? Sounds like a job for Mr. Rogo.
1 comment:
Joe, you are not really mad at the new york times for not writing the correction. this is probably merely displaced and continuing sorrow over the part in the movie where shelly winters dies. I think that swimming medal was fake.
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