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New York Times Gets Punk'd

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A letter falsely attributed to the mayor of Paris made it into the paper.

Someone blew it big time at the New York Times today. The paper of record on Monday printed a letter purportedly from the mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, that criticized Caroline Kennedy's efforts to succeed Hillary Clinton in the Senate. The only problem—Mayor Delance did not write it. "We have already expressed our regrets to Mr. Delanoe's office and we are now doing the same to you, our readers," an editors note from the Times said.

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