It is the custom of this column to mark the end of each year with a compilation of the best, or worse, or most convoluted, or contrived, or outrageous, or downright silly media corrections.

We used to focus exclusively on newspapers but since the printed word is becoming as rare as the Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (which, to the uninitiated, is extremely rare), we have broadened our approach. We now welcome TV and the Internet to this walk of shame.

Steve Harvey and Brian Williams, come on down.

Why commemorate mistakes? After all, journalism is a profession that prides itself on accuracy. But sometimes in the production of countless words spread across countless pages, mistakes are made. And some are funny.

So once a year we pause long enough to laugh at ourselves. It seems a little humor is good medicine when you spend your days covering a world that seems to have gone mad.

Since this year is the 10th year we have complied this list, it seems entirely fitting that we look back on the very best of the miscues that made news.

Without further ado, we present the Mea Culpa Awards.

“Norma Adams-Wade’s June 15 column incorrectly called Mary Ann Thompson Frenk a socialist. She is a socialite.” — The Dallas Morning News.

“Following the portrait of Tony and Cherie Blair published on 21 April in the Independent Saturday magazine, Ms. Blair’s representatives have told us that she was friendly with but never had a relationship with Carole Caplin of the type suggested in the article. They want to make it clear, which we are happy to do, that Ms. Blair has never shared a shower with Ms. Caplin, was not introduced to spirit guides or primal wrestling by Ms. Caplin (or anyone else), and did not have her diary masterminded by Ms. Caplin. “ —The Independent Saturday (UK) magazine.

Read the article “The Best (Or Worst) News Media Corrections of 2015” on pasadenastarnews.com.