The correction amended a version of the story that had misstated the timing of Colbert's last show.
The underlying report concerned CBS backing down from copyright action after Colbert's talk-show parody went viral, with the date fix clarifying the timeline of that episode.
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Why did CBS issue a copyright strike against a viral parody that the network itself produced?