Accountability meets the NYT op-ed page. Money quote:
All Mr. Krugman has offered so far is a faux correction. Each Op-Ed columnist has a page in nytimes.com that includes his or her past columns and biographical information. Mr. Krugman has been allowed to post a note on his page that acknowledges his initial error, but doesn’t explain that his initial correction of that error was also wrong. Since it hasn’t been officially published, that posting doesn’t cause the correction to be appended to any of the relevant columns.
If the problem is that Mr. Krugman doesn’t want to give up precious space in his column for a correction, there are alternatives. Perhaps some space could be found elsewhere on the Op-Ed page so that readers-especially those using electronic versions of his pieces — could get the accurate information they deserve.
A bottom-line question: Does a corrections policy not enforced damage The Times’s credibility more than having no policy at all?
Bottom-line answer: yes.
The Dish 