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This is what an invisible correction looks like

Published Tuesday, June 06, 2006 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

Speaking of my friends down Dorchester way, you may have missed the Globe's massive 180 last week. On May 23, the Business section screamed this headline: So why are Boston movies getting shot in Canada? But this is not a case of a misleading headline, because the story goes to great lengths to describe how so many Boston movies aren't being filmed in Boston. One slight problem with this article. Care to take a guess? Turn to the May 24 issue of the Globe, City/Region section, equally big splash. The headline one day later? Lights, camera, Semont Road: Affleck's new film draws a crowd. Oh. That little thing? I suppose Ben Affleck's directorial debut, starring brother Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman (among others), and based on Dennis Lehane's book, "Gone, Baby, Gone," yeah, I suppose that counts as a Boston film being filmed in Boston. Oops.