Korrecting Kurtz

In today's Washington Post, Howard Kurtz profiles young Washingtonian editor Garrett Graff in a piece headlined "Meet the New Boss."

It's a friendly piece, as these things go, with the standard quotes from the magazine's senior (citizen) staff praising the subject, like former editor in chief Jack Limpert, 75, who told Kurtz, "[Graff] was the brightest 23-year-old I'd ever seen in journalism when I hired him, and I think he's the brightest 28-year-old today"; and Joe Trippi, Graff's former boss on the Howard Dean campaign, saying "He was incredible."

Later in the piece, Kurtz writes, "Graff soon tried freelancing for Washingtonian. His first assignment was…a profile of me. Graff was methodical, meticulous, and fair, making only one error involving chronology." Kurtz doesn't get too specific, but it's understandable why he would've enjoyed the profile: Graff called Kurtz "the nation's preeminent media reporter" and wrote, "Some of Kurtz's stories are now the stuff of legend."

Speaking of errors involving chronology, Kurtz goes on to write that after Graff was given the top job at Washingtonian in August, "Gawker called him 'an up-and-coming whippersnapper.'" Portfolio's headline: "And a Child Shall Edit Them." Portfolio has since folded; the child is still standing."

For the record, Condé Nast Portfolio, the magazine and website, folded in April and was soft-relaunched as a stand-alone website by American City Business Journals in August.

But what's a little "error involving chronology" among friends, right?