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Columnist: “Here’s My Annual Confession”

By Neal on December 27, 2007 2:45 PM

1227baer.jpgJohn Baer is a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News. In his latest column, he details all his journalistic mistakes from 2007. A secular confessional, if you will. It makes for some good reading, we’ve gotta say:

This is the year-end column in which I admit mistakes I made in the name of truth-seeking – some of them sort of technical, others just plain stupid.

For example, back in February, writing about the need for a new era in politics, and wondering whether Barack Obama might represent a chance for change, I referred to him as “O’Bama.”

Next day, I got a note from an editor asking, “Who’s this new Irish guy running?”

Stupid. Just stupid.

(Image via Philadelphia Daily News)

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