Cincinnati Magazine blasted The Kentucky Post in its yearend "Pork Roast" issue for publishing a five-column headline that called a local politico the region's "go-to gay," when it meant to call him the "go-to guy."

Funny. Problem is, the headline never appeared in the Post. As the Post reports:

Magazine editor Jay Stowe said Tuesday the magazine found the headline on the Web site of The Whistleblower, an online daily "newsletter" that skewers the prominent and the powerful across the region with a blend of fact and fiction.

Stowe said he and the author of the Pork Roast feature, Jason Cohen, didn't check out the headline carefully enough. Stowe said before the feature ran, the magazine made an unsuccessful effort to contact Jim Schifrin, the Anderson Township, Ohio, resident who publishes The Whistleblower.

Hoo-boy.

This reminded me of a similarly amusing/disturbing post from October. That's when a Nashville TV reporter resigned after reporting false information he found in a Google search. The source for his reporting: a satirical piece from the Nashville Scene.

Because he didn't recognize the Scene's humorous intent, the journalist reported -- live on air -- that a McDonald's employee had been arrested for providing "nutrition to a prostitute."

Hoo-boy. Squared.

And we're worried about Wikipedia?

Update: I just realized that I went to school with Jay Stowe at U.Va. We worked together on the school weekly, The Declaration. He's a good guy.

We all make mistakes, Jay!

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