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Wed May-04-11 08:09 AM
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MSNBC Crawl: OBAMA DID NOT USE WIFE AS SHIELD. When will they STOP this! |
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Edited on Wed May-04-11 08:11 AM by Distant Observer
On "Daily Rundown." This happens on all the channels. Shouldn't there be a sufficient deterrent in these companies to prevent these operators making this mistake.
It is really outrageous.
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Wed May-04-11 08:11 AM
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1. I've heard all kinds of people on the radio doing it, likely by accident |
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but you would think that, unless they really meant to do it (and blur the line of which was the terrorist, see "Judge" Napolitano's statements), someone would remember to check their typing ...
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Wed May-04-11 08:11 AM
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Wed May-04-11 08:18 AM
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9. It show CARELESSNESS regarding the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES |
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Wed May-04-11 08:21 AM
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11. RARGH! it's the "liberal media" hard at work once again. |
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Edited on Wed May-04-11 08:22 AM by dionysus
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Wed May-04-11 08:12 AM
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3. That what happens when you try to cover a 10 minute story for 12 hours a day. |
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You have to create and disseminate diarrhea.
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Wed May-04-11 09:16 AM
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23. +1 and very well put. nt |
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Wed May-04-11 08:13 AM
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4. i have done it so many times, and my boys continue to correct me. osama is a nothing to me, obama |
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is what i am mainly focused on and i keep saying obama instead of osama. certainly not on purpose.
i am letting this outrage go.
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Wed May-04-11 08:20 AM
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10. A verbal gaffe is understood. BUT WRITTEN NETWORK post can be PROOFED |
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Wed May-04-11 08:27 AM
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14. and i agree here. generally when tallking about my mistake i do clarify that professional, written |
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is different. their job to proof. and about all of my posts tht i post i have corrected. one got by with obama instead of osama and thankfully a poster pointed it out to me so i could correct
agreed
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Wed May-04-11 08:14 AM
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The S and B are far apart on keyboards
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Wed May-04-11 08:16 AM
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6. There is such a thing a PROOF READING |
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Wed May-04-11 09:13 AM
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20. Not if you deliberately typed b for s |
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Wed May-04-11 09:11 AM
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19. Calculated errors, not mistakes. nt |
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Edited on Wed May-04-11 09:12 AM by Snotcicles
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Wed May-04-11 08:16 AM
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7. I can forgive someone doing it in speech |
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the context of discussing one of the two can quite often lead to slips of the tongue. But for it to keep happening in print, that's just carelessness.
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Wed May-04-11 08:17 AM
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Michelle strikes me as someone even a Navy SEAL would think twice about messing with. She has some guns.
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Wed May-04-11 08:25 AM
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12. Actually, neither did Osama. |
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There's only one letter difference between both names. A ton of people have made that gaffe, including myself.
:shrug:
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Wed May-04-11 08:26 AM
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13. they won't. in a couple of years, it will be accepted as fact. |
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this is the world we live in.
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Wed May-04-11 08:32 AM
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15. As a journalist, copy editor, and former city editor, I can say that this is not an unusual thing. |
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If you have autofill or are a touch typist, it's very easy to type one word for another, particularly if you're working quickly. I don't think it's unusual for someone who's typed "Obama" many times a day for the last year to type "Obama" the first time she tries to type "Osama." It's even possible to read over it and misread it.
I said "Obama" when I meant "Osama" three times this week. It happens. With all the different media outlets we have, and all the different media feeds we compile, I'd say these errors aren't unusual.
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Wed May-04-11 09:06 AM
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17. If there is a PENALTY for that mistake, they would be more CAREFUL & SENSITIVE! |
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Wed May-04-11 09:07 AM
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18. What would a reasonable "penalty" be, and who should impose it? |
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Wed May-04-11 09:15 AM
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22. Who RUNS these media conglomerate? It is normal to let staff know DEMOTIONS OR FIRING can result |
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from egregious errors aired.
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Wed May-04-11 09:20 AM
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26. I can't speak to the penalty--but the news director is ultimately responsible. |
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Again, I worked as an editor--there is no excuse for this kind of PRINT error.
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Wed May-04-11 09:22 AM
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27. You're right, there isn't any excuse. The problem is, print media has made it clear it doesn't |
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really give a shit anymore -- as long as it's first.
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Wed May-04-11 09:14 AM
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21. When I worked in broadcast, 20 years ago, this sort of thing could get you fired. |
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It's a different beast today. The 24-hour news cycle and depleted staff have taken a toll.
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Wed May-04-11 09:19 AM
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24. That's what editors are for--I've been one. Possibly excusable in speech, not in print. nt |
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Wed May-04-11 09:20 AM
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25. Many print outlets have made it clear, in so many words, that they are happy to trade thin copy |
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Edited on Wed May-04-11 09:23 AM by Brickbat
desks -- and the increase in errors that come with them -- for a "better" bottom line. Also, so many believed the lie that "the Internet" was "a new frontier," standards went right out the window.
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Wed May-04-11 08:45 AM
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I saw the "war room" photos and Obama was not using his wife as a shield :)
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