Consider The Post's LobsterCorrection of the day award goes to The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Post's Page Six, which ran this item today: The source who told us last week about Michelle Obama getting lobster and caviar caviar or caviare (kăv`ēär), the roe (eggs) of various species of sturgeon prepared as a piquant table delicacy. delivered to her room at the Waldorf-Astoria must have been under the influence of a mind-altering drug Noun 1. mind-altering drug - a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions consciousness-altering drug, psychoactive drug, psychoactive substance . She was not even staying at the Waldorf. We regret the mistake, and our former source is going to regret it, too. Bread and water would be too good for such disinformation dis·in·for·ma·tion n. 1. Deliberately misleading information announced publicly or leaked by a government or especially by an intelligence agency in order to influence public opinion or the government in another nation: . The original item, which ran on October 17th, has been scrubbed from the Post's Web site, but that doesn't mean it hasn't had an impact. Rush Limbaugh's Web site has a transcript of the radio host reading the Page Six item and saying, "Now, the first thing about this is, if I'm the Obamas, I'm thinking, 'Who the hell called the newspaper on this?' These hotels are not supposed to say a word about what goes on in there. Trust me, they do." Mr. Limbaugh also termed the Obamas non-existent meal order "hypocrisy." (Weirdly—appropriately?—Mr. Limbaugh's transcription service renders the hotel's name 'Waldorf-Hysteria.') Town Hall's Carol Platt Liebau Carol Platt Liebau is an attorney, political analyst and commentator based near Los Angeles. She has provided analysis and commentary on national television for PBS, CNN, the Fox News Channel, and MSNBC, and has appeared locally on the Orange County News Channel and Cox Cable. wrote, "Look, I don't begrudge be·grudge tr.v. be·grudged, be·grudg·ing, be·grudg·es 1. To envy the possession or enjoyment of: She begrudged him his youth. See Synonyms at envy. 2. the Obamas their caviar and lobster. I like lobster, too (caviar? not so much). It's just that the whole mentality strikes me as typical of Democrat thinking." It wasn't just professional talking pointers jumping on the story. This "P.U.M.A." Web site (remember "P.U.M.A."? Good times...) mocked up a fake receipt signed by Ms. Obama. A different site ran with the headline The Audacity au·dac·i·ty n. pl. au·dac·i·ties 1. Fearless daring; intrepidity. 2. Bold or insolent heedlessness of restraints, as of those imposed by prudence, propriety, or convention. 3. of Michelle Obama's $447.39 Snack Tab. Here's another which noted "Obama is swimming in the $$$$" and then quipped, "What does one do with all that cash?" Then there was this site, which really put the lobster tale in the context of every other smear where it belongs (all caps theirs): REMEMBER FOLKS: WHAT OBAMA DOES WHEN HE THINKS NOBODY IS WATCHING IS THE REAL OBAMA: * A MAN WHO CONSORTS WITH TERRORISTS LIKE AYERS... * AND PLO-MEMBERS LIKE KHALIDI... * AND RACISTS LIKE WRIGHT. * AND WHO ORDERS IRANIAN CAVIAR AND CHARGES IT TO HIS CAMPAIGN. VOTE ACCORDINGLY. 
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