Corrections: The initial version of this article stated that Bwog turned a profit via advertising. Bwog has never been profitable. The article also initially claimed that the February 2008 issue of The Blue and White featured an editor’s note thaking every returning editor except the author. This was incorrect, as was the claim that the editor-in-chief sent all-staff emails criticizing the author’s work. In fact, the editor-in-chief sent a single email to the magazine’s editors, including the author. The initial version also featured several chronological errors: the author referred to somebody as “the Bwog editor” at a time when she did not yet hold that position, and referred to several controversial posts as being published during the tenure of that same editor, when, in fact, they had been published during the tenure of the preceding editor. The article has been revised to reflect these changes. CJR apologizes for the errors.
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"I began reading Time between the stacks in the elementary school library and The New Yorker between textbook pages in eighth-grade science class."
OH PUHLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just who do you think is dumb enough to buy this inauthenticity?
Good god. I'm tempted to continue, but you get the message.
Posted by ilovepeiji on Sat 13 Sep 2008 at 08:37 PM
parents, this is proof:
casual gawker reading in high school leads to whiny "they didn't like me enough" pieces in college. just think if this kid gets into graduate school.
luckily, after this he probably won't get grad school. or jobs.
Posted by boo jackson on Sat 13 Sep 2008 at 09:17 PM
damn, that correction was longer than a typical gawker post. Are you a fact-checker at your Time internship? I'm gonna go ahead and say you are just cuz it makes my comment that much richer. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Posted by Ryan Grim on Mon 15 Sep 2008 at 06:06 PM