March 30
2004
Bastard state
» Posted on March 30, 2004 10:28 PM » Category: Middle East

A joyous apology in The Australian:

A story headlined 'Syria seeks our help to woo US' in Saturday's Weekend Australian misquoted National Party senator Sandy Macdonald. The quote stated: "Syria is a country that has been a bastard state for nearly 40 years" but should have read "Syria is a country that has been a Baathist state for nearly 40 years." The Australian regrets any embarrassment caused by the error.

Not quite sure what was wrong with the original quote.

(via Samizdata.)


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