On April 16 the Gray Lady, AKA the Paper of Record, AKA the New York Times, ran a story on the venerable teen-idol mag Tiger Beat:
Hair floating, skin dewy, eyes free of guile: the boys of Tiger Beat will never hurt you. In crisp photos and squeaky-clean quotes about love, they’ve been practically interchangeable for more than four decades. It’s an archetype that’s survived any number of invasions: the Brits, disco, boy bands, the Brat Pack, more boy bands, the Disney Channel, TMZ and more.
And the story included the following image:
Just one problem, as the Times notes:
Correction: April 24, 2011
A series of pictures last Sunday of covers of the magazine Tiger Beat, with an article about how the original teen-girl tabloid has remained virtually unchanged since its inception in 1965, erroneously included a parody cover, produced by the satiric newspaper The Onion, that featured a picture of President Obama.
It’s an understandable mistake, though, isn’t it? Obama is so dreamy.
Note to Chris Matthews: You can cancel your subscription now.
(Hat tip: Mediaite)