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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Drunken Proofreading at the AP

We found this item on foxsports.com in an article titled "In book, Bettis says he faked injury in 2000" by *gasp* the AP:

"Bettis' recollection may be more anecdotal than fast-based." (emphasis ours)

This is a pretty good example of AutoCorrect Syndrome. What is a fast-based recollection?

An interesting note: the AP story that appears on Yahoo's sports page correctly reads "fact-based." Do the AP and foxsports.com split the blame?

DP rating:
** (two stars) - Had one too many beers at lunch! What? You say I'm not supposed to drink on my lunch break?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

aren't there two errors... it should be Bettis's and not Bettis' unless there is more than one Bettis...