Oops , we did it again
In one of the most unprecedented blunders( whoa!!!) in reporting, NY Post on its July 6 issue ran an anchor story that President-to-be( I am an optimist and anti-Bush) Kerry had chosen Dick Gephardt( Dick-Who??) as his running mate. I am sure John Edwards isn't as amused as us .For guys who don't follow American politics, it is like reporting Sonia Gandhi has picked Govinda to lead the country. I am not comparing the credentials of Govinda and Gephardt but I am comparing the enormity of the blunders. Gephardt is no mean politician. He champions labor causes and also ran for the Democratic President ticket.
They made a similar error last year when they wrote that Red Sox won over the Yankees in the game 7 of the American League Championship series. Followers of baseball know that it was in fact the Yankees who won and not the Red Sox. I guess the reporter, editor wanted to go the Broadway show that night and decided that Red Sox would win as they were leading after 8 innings. How good it would have been had the Sox actually won, atleast Mr.Grady Little( Boston's coach) wouldn't have lost his coaching job.
No newspaper blunder ever comes close to one of my favorites. This one would have made Chicago Daily tribune look like an idiot. They ran a headline in 1948 saying "Dewey Defeats Truman". History would tell you that it was actually the opposite that happened.
"Post" Tabs Wrong Horse
In one of the most unprecedented blunders( whoa!!!) in reporting, NY Post on its July 6 issue ran an anchor story that President-to-be( I am an optimist and anti-Bush) Kerry had chosen Dick Gephardt( Dick-Who??) as his running mate. I am sure John Edwards isn't as amused as us .For guys who don't follow American politics, it is like reporting Sonia Gandhi has picked Govinda to lead the country. I am not comparing the credentials of Govinda and Gephardt but I am comparing the enormity of the blunders. Gephardt is no mean politician. He champions labor causes and also ran for the Democratic President ticket.
They made a similar error last year when they wrote that Red Sox won over the Yankees in the game 7 of the American League Championship series. Followers of baseball know that it was in fact the Yankees who won and not the Red Sox. I guess the reporter, editor wanted to go the Broadway show that night and decided that Red Sox would win as they were leading after 8 innings. How good it would have been had the Sox actually won, atleast Mr.Grady Little( Boston's coach) wouldn't have lost his coaching job.
No newspaper blunder ever comes close to one of my favorites. This one would have made Chicago Daily tribune look like an idiot. They ran a headline in 1948 saying "Dewey Defeats Truman". History would tell you that it was actually the opposite that happened.
"Post" Tabs Wrong Horse
