CNN.com article on May 3, 2010

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The headline of this article featured on the front page of CNN.com caught my eye, just as a headline should.   But as I read it,  I couldn’t believe my eyes.  In the 13th paragraph the words “they” and “they’s” show up where the words “the” and “they’re” should have been.   They’s???

Error:

West Valley police say Josh Powell is they only person they’s looking at, but they are not calling him a suspect in his wife’s disappearance. They say they have no physical evidence of foul play.

Correction:

West Valley police say Josh Powell is the only person they’re looking at, but they are not calling him a suspect in his wife’s disappearance. They say they have no physical evidence of foul play.

I’ve contacted CNN.com for remedial action.  Let’ see if the Copy Desk are quick to respond.

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At 12 noon EDT, CNN.com updated the article and included the corrections.   Nice turnaround, guys!

Showing CNN.com's correction in the 13th paragraph

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CNN cannot find Hawaii

Bad week for CNN. First we find a typo in their health care article, now this Hawaii incident…..or should I say misplacement? Ok, so it’s not a typo but more like a visual typo? Apparently both CNN reporters clearly do not know the location of Hawaii. You can view the short clip here:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=030_1267540696

We’re noticing that most books have at least one typo among tens of thousands of words.  The article above has only 83 words!  And why didn’t the spellchecker work?

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