Son Says Dad Dead; Dad Disagrees
Don Spille said he lost almost everything in Hurricane Katrina, including his home in Kenna, La., and his father, who lived in coastal Mississippi. The Tallahassee Democrat even ran a front-page story about Spille and his family…to coincide with the one-year anniversary of Katrina. But there was at least one big problem with Spille’s story – his father, Ed Spille Sr., isn’t dead. He’s alive and well and living in Central Florida.
Read the paper’s setting of the record straight and about other interesting corrections, clarifications and clarifications of corrections at the Regret the Error blog.