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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnintentionally hilarious typo of the day from the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/us/politics/congress-budget-debate.html?_r=0
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Unintentionally hilarious typo of the day from the New York Times: (Original Post)
Robb
Oct 2013
OP
Oh, I think some Editor said "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that... until later." n/t
TygrBright
Oct 2013
#14
Arkansas Granny
(31,517 posts)1. I'm slipping. It took me a minute to find it.
But, ain't it the truth.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)2. Well, isn't it time to put a dent in the debt?
Thanks for posting!
surrealAmerican
(11,361 posts)4. Somebody has a new nickname now.
This could stick.
BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)6. Somebody finally fixed it.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)7. What did it say? nt
BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)13. It corrected the name "Mr. Debt" to "Mr Dent". nt
marble falls
(57,097 posts)8. Got to love the spell check!
RC
(25,592 posts)9. What makes anyone think that was a mistake in the first place?
Sometime non-mistakes slip through.
Marthe48
(16,963 posts)10. What happened to open Govt. first
and pass debt ceiling, then negotiate?
grantcart
(53,061 posts)11. Spell check is our friend
Robb
(39,665 posts)12. In this case, it was the enemy.
See also: every newspaper on the planet teaches its computers to reject the word "pubic" unilaterally.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)21. Actually, spell check is the problem.
Spell check wouldn't find anything wrong with that since "debt" is a correctly spelled word. It also allows for using "their" instead of "there", etc., which I see from time to time in major online sites' articles since as long as it's a word spelled correctly it will go through.
TygrBright
(20,760 posts)14. Oh, I think some Editor said "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that... until later." n/t
bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)15. Welcome to Campaign 2014, Charlie Debt!
I see billboards .... bumper stickers .... this is going to be a hot item
AAO
(3,300 posts)17. Little did Mr. Debt know he would forever be known as Dr. Death.
Blue Owl
(50,393 posts)18. And the lovely Mrs. Debt
n/t
Graybeard
(6,996 posts)19. The shut-down has already cost the nation $$$$$2billion.
Mr. Debt, Mrs. Debt, and the Debt Party are
complete hypocrites.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)20. Is this sloppy reporting? …
From the article:
But House Republicans appear intent on extracting at least one concession: depriving members of Congress, the president, the vice president and White House political appointees of government contributions when they buy health insurance under the laws new exchanges. Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the majority leader, said any proposal must reflect what he called our position on fairness no special treatment under the law.
Everything I have heard reported, the Special Treatment thing, it applied to staffers as well, not just elected members and Whitehouse political appointees.
But I could understand the gops desire to down play that, as it takes a really special kind of stupid think your staff will remain loyal to you as you very publically indicate that you dont give a crap about them. And it takes a really, really kind of stupid to remain that loyal staffer.