Glorious fail by the media

[Auras]

Just a little something i discovered while reading an article on yahoo news today.

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[Neressa]

I was GOING to watch the Simpsons last night but Fox News broke in. Obama Bin Laden Dead was the headline. I was trying to figure out if Osama Bin Laden was dead or if the meant President Obama. Was annoying me because it stayed like that for over 30 minutes. It's people trying to type one thing and reading another thing. It happens.

[Deleted]

Can't count how many times I've typed the names wrong in the last 12 hours.

[Negrido]

To be fair, he does own a mansion in Pakistan, as do I. Hell, who doesn't these days?

[Auras]

I was GOING to watch the Simpsons last night but Fox News broke in. Obama Bin Laden Dead was the headline. I was trying to figure out if Osama Bin Laden was dead or if the meant President Obama. Was annoying me because it stayed like that for over 30 minutes. It's people trying to type one thing and reading another thing. It happens.

Yea, but you think they'd proof read something like that. Its just a glorious fail in my eyes due to the fact that it got mixed with our presidents name.

[TheConsumer]

That really is a glorious fail.

[DerpderpHAMMA]

To be fair, he does own a mansion in Pakistan, as do I. Hell, who doesn't these days?

When the land is as cheap as a used copy of superman 64, why the hell not?

[babyback]

Fox news in it's prime

[Deleted]

Many people did that mistake today and already before. But come on, the same name except one letter is kinda tricky.

[madethisfor1post]

Fox news mixing up Osama and Obama again? Say it aint so!

[VooDooShuffle]

Fox news in it's prime

Except this is Yahoo! and not Fox. I don't see how they can make such a mistake, the S and B are far apart enough that this has to be intentional.

[babyback]

Many people did that mistake today and already before. But come on, the same name except one letter is kinda tricky.

Well, it's not like S and B are right beside eachother on a keyboard and you should expect a news cast to make it right.... Oh wait it's Fox News, never mind.

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Except this is Yahoo! and not Fox. I don't see how they can make such a mistake, the S and B are far apart enough that this has to be intentional.

It first appeared on FOx and I guess Yahoo just copied it.

[AdrianCC100]

Fox News stills has Osama's name spelled Usama Bin Laden.

[babyback]

Fox News stills has Osama's name spelled Usama Bin Laden.

It can be spelled in both ways. Nothing is more right or wrong

[Vinhz]

I fail to see the Epic Fail? last time i watched the news they said that Obama Bin Laden was dead

[Janaa]

Well, it's not like S and B are right beside eachother on a keyboard and you should expect a news cast to make it right.... Oh wait it's Fox News, never mind.

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It first appeared on FOx and I guess Yahoo just copied it.

Why the hard-on for Fox bashing? Fox is hardly the first place to mistype Osama as Obama. Do a google image search for "CNN Where's Obama?". I've seen a dozen people mistype it in the last 12 hours. And btw, Yahoo's story wasn't copied from the Fox newsticker. >< It was supplied by Reuters.

[Zarasthura]

Faux Knewz isn't known for its proofreading. They regularly mispell arabic names like Ghaddafi (Qaddafi to them) and Misrata (misurata to them). hell, the even spelled Osama bin Laden's name wrong in a headline (spelling it Usama).

[Janaa]

Faux Knewz isn't known for its proofreading. They regularly mispell arabic names like Ghaddafi (Qaddafi to them) and Misrata (misurata to them). hell, the even spelled Osama bin Laden's name wrong in a headline (spelling it Usama).

This post is incorrect. There's so much that's incorrect, it's not even worth pointing out explaining how regional differences in Romanicised arabic script affect the spelling. But here's a hint: Both Qaddafi and Ghaddafi are correct. The sound that is pronounced in Arabic is identical in either case. Kadaffi would also be correct. These are Romanicizations. The actual word is Arabic, which has its own alphabet. Wherever you are, when you convert the sounds to your own language, whatever makes the same sound (where you are), is correct. The "correct spelling" is neither Osama or Usama - it's an Arabic script you can't read. The equivalent sound in American english is between an O and a U. Your personal dialect dictates which is correct to you.

Why do people choose to remain ignorant and recite prejudices instead of doing a little learning on their own?

[Sneezeburger]

Why the hard-on for Fox bashing? Fox is hardly the first place to mistype Osama as Obama. Do a google image search for "CNN Where's Obama?". I've seen a dozen people mistype it in the last 12 hours. And btw, Yahoo's story wasn't copied from the Fox newsticker. >< It was supplied by Reuters.

Those dozen people are not multimillion dollar news organizations. Fox News should have people on staff to check this. Apparently they don't put much effort into it.

[Janaa]

Those dozen people are not multimillion dollar news organizations. Fox News should have people on staff to check this. Apparently they don't put much effort into it.

And CNN and Reuters aren't multimillion dollar news organizations? Sorry - don't let the facts get in the way of a good prejudice.