A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

THE REAL MEDIA BIAS PROBLEM: Considering that the New York Times seems to be picking up stories we blog about around these parts, I feel compelled to correct something. As Alex observed late Tuesday night, The Morning News is running a tournament to determine the best book of last year. The Times picks up the story today. In the article, the Times makes the following statement:

Mr. Guilfoile, 36, who admits he likes any book with "mutiny" in the title, and whose own first novel, "Cast of Shadows," is coming out next month, judged Ben Jones's "Rope Eater" and Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell." He called the former "great" and the latter "also terrific." Tough call. Decision for Mr. Jones, by a nose.

One little problem. "Jonathan Strange" won the match, not "The Rope Eater." God knows this isn't the sort of thing certain portions of the blogosphere will pounce on (n.b., linkage should not be construed as agreement), but this blog stands for accuracy in pop cultural snark, if nothing else!

(Edit: Gawker has pointed out yet another error, though perhaps a less substantial one.)