The New York Times Shows Its Never Too Late To Issue A Correction
In 1853, the New York Times ran a profile on Northup, a free man kidnapped in the 1840s, sold into slavery, and then rescued 12 years later. That story was eventually made into the Oscar winning film 12 Years A Slave. But some particularly observant readers noticed that the 1853 article spelled Northup's name wrong, on two different occasions. , The article was corrected, 161 years later. Watch video above for more.