Proof

I said earlier that I couldn't prove I'd said something about Tom Friedman on Sam Seder's show yesterday, but it turns out the relevant incident is actually on this YouTube clip of the show:

So there. Wrong again, Yglesias. Also, yes, in the post referenced above I called Friedman a "picture" when I meant to type "thinker." Worst. Typo. Ever. And consider, just this morning I cracked open my copy editor's notes on my manuscript.

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And consider, just this morning I cracked open my copy editor's notes on my manuscript.

Let's all take a moment to pity that poor bastard.

Posted by Gabriel | October 1, 2007 3:07 PM

And consider, just this morning I cracked open my copy editor's notes on my manuscript.

Samples or gtfo.

Posted by Senescent | October 1, 2007 3:12 PM

I called Friedman a "picture" when I meant to type "thinker." Worst. Typo. Ever.

No, the worst typo ever was when you misspelled "I," if only for the sheer conceptual audacity involved.

(P.S. I can't find the link for this incident, but I'm not kidding. Anyone out there remember the post?)

Posted by Swopa | October 1, 2007 3:20 PM

the link for this incident

http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/02/welcome_to_crazytown.php

Pretty impressive.

Posted by Zippy | October 1, 2007 3:26 PM

No, the worst typo ever was when you misspelled "I," if only for the sheer conceptual audacity involved.

(P.S. I can't find the link for this incident, but I'm not kidding. Anyone out there remember the post?)

I remember that too, but only vaguely Did he spell it "eye"?

Posted by peep | October 1, 2007 3:28 PM

Remember, we blog readers appreciate your typos in a way that dead tree readers never would.

Posted by Al | October 1, 2007 3:35 PM

I look forward to purchasing HEADS IN THE SEND: Who Republicans Screw Up Foreign ant Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats.

Posted by Royko | October 1, 2007 3:49 PM

Nice one, Royko.

Posted by Philly | October 1, 2007 3:51 PM

Nice one, Royko.

Posted by Philly | October 1, 2007 3:53 PM

Nice two, Philly.

Posted by Albuquerque | October 1, 2007 5:02 PM

Most people in the know consider Tom Friedman to be a moron, although he is probably less of an embarrassment to the "Newspaper of Record" then Maureen Dowd, truly an airheads' airhead.

Posted by SLC | October 1, 2007 6:17 PM

http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/02/welcome_to_crazytown.php

The shocking thing is... that's not the post I remember.

Which means he's done it more than once.

The mind reels.

Posted by Swopa | October 1, 2007 6:23 PM

I still suspect Matt uses voice-recognition software to dictate posts, and then (for some reason) doesn't proofread before posting. Many of the typos don't seem explicable any other way.

Posted by live | October 1, 2007 9:57 PM

And consider, just this morning I cracked open my copy editor's notes on my manuscript.

There's a novel in there somewhere.

Posted by live | October 1, 2007 9:59 PM

... an experimental masterpiece, along the lines of a David Markson rethinking of Nabokov, or David Foster Wallace at his most meta.

OK, there's my trifecta (hee) for the night, shutting up now.

Posted by live | October 1, 2007 10:01 PM

I still suspect Matt uses voice-recognition software to dictate posts, and then (for some reason) doesn't proofread before posting.

My guess: he runs the spell-checker and accepts all its "corrections" automatically, many of which will be, you know, incorrect, because the spell-checker doesn't know from context.

He probably hit "U" instead of "I," and the spell-checker's first choice for a correction was "A."

Copy editors, by the way (I is one), tend to like working on mss. that have lots of typos but are otherwise literate, because they know the author isn't going to argue with them about their corrections, and they aren't going to have to take great pains writing tactful queries pointing out that a sentence or paragraph makes absolutely no sense. Matt's ms. will have been like a little vacation for his copy editor.

Posted by Swift Loris | October 1, 2007 10:38 PM

I cracked open my copy editor's[sic] notes on my manuscript

either you are seriously trying to claim to us that editing your manuscript is a one man job, or this is another typo.

Posted by dsquared | October 2, 2007 4:54 AM

Copy editing a normal-length book manuscript is a one-person job, usually the last stage of editing before the ms. is set in type. Copy editing is a very specific kind of editing, for grammar, punctuation, spelling, clarity, consistency, and house style, sometimes fact-checking as well--mostly mechanical details.

At least one other editor has gone over the ms. looking at broader issues such as organization, content, and overall readability before the copy editor gets it, but that's a different type of editing.

Posted by Swift Loris | October 2, 2007 5:37 PM