Amid Scandal, Wingnuts Clueless

PajamasMedia: “Hey Reuters, Anthony Weiner is a Democrat”
Big Journalism: “Correction Request: Reuters IDs Weiner as ‘Republican'”
Weasel Zippers: “Reuters Labels Weiner A ‘Republican’ After He Resigns”
Reuters: “Amid scandal, U.S. Rep. Weiner set to resign”

Wait, what?

Sure enough. Nothing wrong with Reuters. So what about that other headline?

Well, it’s from IBNLive — Indian Broadcasting Network, to be specific.

And all those wingnut media watchdogs are missing a very old fact about wire services: Local papers rewrite headlines. In this case, it’s clear that the Indian wire editor mistook “Representative” for “Republican”.

So instead of catching Reuters in a tit-for-tat about legendary Fox News party mislabeling, all the wingnut watchdogs have done is reveal themselves to be absolutely fucking clueless about a standard practice of journalism.

Which isn’t news to us.

nojo
2:14 pm • Friday • June 17, 2011
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Benedick HRH KFC

6:08 pm • Friday • June 17, 2011

Darling, you know how I worry about you. Are you now reading Indian outlets? How will you ever find time to play your favorite show recordings? To say nothing of playing Steamballs. Which is – I have this on good authority – Weiner’s favorite game.

nojo

6:38 pm • Friday • June 17, 2011

@Benedick HRH KFC: You should worry that I didn’t manage to squeeze in a Bollywood reference.

Tommmcatt Be Fat, And That Be That

8:17 pm • Friday • June 17, 2011

@Benedick HRH KFC: And the manscaping. Don’t forget the manscaping..crucial, and time consuming.