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Editor? Editor?

We interrupt this multi-episode story to bring you possibly the worst (or best, as you like) howler seen in the Melbourne press for some time.

Under the heading 'Running legend Bannister dies at 88' this morning's Herald Sun notes that after Bannister broke the four minute mile in May 1954,
The athletic record stood for just 46 days, before Australian John Landy - who later became Premier of Victoria ...
We'll stop it right there. Shame on you, Herald Sun.

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