It was bound to happen eventually/great WaPo correction

[Steak Snabler]

Apologize if it's a d_b:

A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120201455.html

EDIT: To add originally story. Appears it was a style error, rather than an incorrect reference:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/25/AR2009112501993.html

 

[Walter_Sobchak]

I was just about to come and post this. Simply awesome.

 

[rpmmutant]

Someone needs to alert Fake AP Stylebook. That is hilarious, especially since the song was released in 1989.

 

[Del_B_Vista]

I call a cab 'cause a cab will come quicker
The doctors huddle up and call a flea flicker
The reason that I say that 'cause they
Flick you off like fleas
They be laughin' at ya while you're crawlin' on your knees

 

[Mystery Meat II]

Still not as good as the New York Times making the error we all figured a lesser paper would inevitably make:

 

[Football_Bat]

Another correction by the WaPo:

The 1979 song "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugar Hill Gang did not refer to those who packaged Christmas presents.