By: E&P Staff The New York Times may have set some kind of personal correction record today -- or at least come close -- correcting a cast listing for the Broadway play "West Side Story" that appeared in 1960. It also revealed that it had been misstating a line in John McCain's bio for at least a dozen years.
One correction reads: "A listing of credits on April 28, 1960, with a theater review of 'West Side Story' on its return to the Winter Garden theater, misstated the surname of the actor who played Action. He is George Liker, not Johnson. (Mr. Liker, who hopes to audition for a role in a Broadway revival of the show planned for February, brought the error to The Times?s attention last month. )"
As for McCain: "An article on Sunday about Senator John McCain?s campaign management style described his role as a Navy pilot in Vietnam incorrectly. He flew bombing missions as an attack aircraft pilot, but he was not a ?fighter pilot.? (The error has appeared in numerous other Times articles the past dozen years, most recently on April 9 and on Dec. 15, 2007.)"
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