Jack Kemp

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New York Times says crime occurred in ‘downtown Arkansas’ — promptly gets mercilessly mocked
Chris Enloe

The New York Time was widely mocked Saturday after they claimed a recent mass shooting occurred in "downtown Arkansas." That shooting actually occurred in downtown Little Rock, the capital city of Arkansas. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The New York Times was widely mocked on Saturday after they posted a tweet claiming a mass shooting occurred in "downtown Arkansas” — which, of course, doesn’t exist.

"Dozens of people were wounded by gunfire at a nightclub early Saturday morning in downtown Arkansas,” the Times wrote on Twitter.

The crime the news outlet was referring to happened early Saturday morning in downtown Little Rock, the state capital of Arkansas.

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Needless to say, many Twitter users mercilessly mocked the Times when they caught the Twitter error:

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