More journalism follies

The other Korean English-language newspaper is the Korea Herald. Despite the basic rule of journalism that you never, never, never report something in advance as if it already happened (don't even assume the sun will rise), that's what they did.

On the night of National Assembly elections, before the polls closed, here was their headline: Uri sinks lower into crisis after election debacle.

They cited election polls. But the truth is, the Grand National Party -- Korea's other major party -- fell way short of expectations. This was the REAL story, their headline the next day: GNP reeling from election setback.