Recently, the Associated Press wrote about a joke Queen Elizabeth II told at a state dinner in her honor.
The gist: Earlier, President George Bush began to mistakenly refer to the bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence as having happened in 1776, before catching his error and correcting the date.
Says the Associated Press:
The year 1776 [...]
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Another Associated Press Blunder
Reuters Publishes A Stinker Of A Lead
Here’s an excerpt from one of the earlier stories about Larry Birkhead being the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby:
NASSAU (Reuters) – A former boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, was identified on Tuesday as the father of Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith’s 7-month-old daughter after DNA test results were released by a Bahamas court.
The revelation brought to [...]
Shame On You, Associated Press
Published in a recent news story on the growing Justice Department prosecutor firings scandal:
DES MOINES, Iowa – Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday blamed the Bush administration’s fear of scandal for the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, dismissals she said were virtually unprecedented.
Come on, Associated Press.
Nothing can be “virtually unprecedented.” A precedent [...]
