"An article in today's Herald regarding comments purportedly made by Vice President Dick Cheney was inaccurate and should have noted that it was based on a blogger's satire and was not provided by the Associated Press."—correction in the Boston Herald today, explaining why the paper picked up a fake story by well-known humor person Andy Borowitz about Cheney challenging Hillary Clinton to a "Hunting Contest" and ran it as a real story. Hey, no need to be overly explanatory in the correction, guys! [via HuffPo]

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