Ezra Klein is Not a Member of Vampire Weekend

That Hollywood "groove" turned out to be contagious

However, for a brief time today, the editor-in-chief of vox.com got as close as he ever will.

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The correction above [click to enlarge] was added to New York Times LA bureau chief Adam Nagourney’s article about the revitalization of Hollywood. It is, as much as anything, a reminder of the power of reader comments as that appears to be how editors became originally aware:

Carla Charlton Portland, OR
Do you mean Ezra Koenig of the band Vampire Weekend?

It’s actually very easy, while writing a blog post or newspaper article, to blank on a proper first or last name and substitute the wrong one without realizing.

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