Are the producers at NBC news complete and utter idiots???

[Obamarama]

I just watched the NBC Nightly News about an hour ago or so. They did a piece on the groundbreaking for the new MLK memorial in Washington DC.

The reporter doing the piece said that people had gathered where MLK had delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO.

He delivered that speech in 1963!!!!!!

First, the reporter is so clueless as to American history that he makes such an obvious error. Then, NOBODY at NBC catches it. Oy vey.

[SharonAnn]

They're not good at "math"

[TahitiNut]

1. It's "The Math".

:eyes:

Thirty-three. Forty-three. Close enough for government work, eh?

[MuseRider]

2. I caught that too.

I sat here and wondered if I was mistaken, it took me mere seconds to verify that they were wrong.

[LisaM]

3. MLK was already dead 33 years ago

He must have misspoken and you are right, someone should have caught that.

[Divernan]

4. Fact checkers? They don't need no stinkin' fact checkers!

Corporate owners have cut news staffs to the bone.

[hlthe2b]

5. Just watched it in Denver (MTN Zone): said 43 years...

so sounds like they caught it in time to edit for later broadcasts...

[bluerum]

6. Yes. nt

[BlooInBloo]

7. Welcome to another episode of Simple Answers To Simple Questions.

Yes.

[nickyt]

8. What's the deal with NBC? Earlier post this evening:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2708065

re: number of amputee US soldiers

"make it up, then say it on TV"?
freakin' phenomenal

[KatyaR]

9. That damn "No Reporter Left Behind" Act--

it's screwed up everything.

TV news, both national and local, is so bad that I can't watch any of it anymore. Tonight on two of our local channels we have "lip balm addiction" and "hair dye can cause cancer."

Obviously there's no other news fit to report.

[Obamarama]

10. Lip balm addiction? Are you serious??? There is such a thing???

"Hello...my name is KzooDem and I'm a Carmex addict."

[rainbow4321]

11. My daughter is a Chapstick addict

She keeps one every room and her pants pocket, goes semi-frantic whenshe can't find one.

So is our Jack Russell/dachshund mix, apparently..cuz every time daughter buys a bunch of the stuff, I find the EMPTY containers on the floor with chew marks on the outside, lid gone. That dog has to have the smoothest poop in town.