Reuters Story Calls Obama "Osama" Three Times

Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 02/15/2008 - 9:41am.

Here is a screen capture:

The original story, which was here, has been taken down.

This is inexcusable. Contact to the editor and complain.

UPDATE: Here is a diary and comment thread at DailyKos on this.

Inexcuseable

Submitted by czawadzki on Fri, 02/15/2008 - 10:03am.

I realize this is the right wings slur of choice for Obama, it is still inexcusable for a news organization to repeat it. What happened to the editors? or was this more contrived?

Also, just to make things even, I think the next reuters article should "accidently" use the word "Insane" instead of McCain 3 or 4 times. :-) heheh

Chi. Tribune: HRC's Ohio Phonebankers Call Him "Osama"

Submitted by sjules35 on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 1:40am.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Clinton phonebankers in Ohio are calling Obama "Osama bin Laden" and then claiming it is a "slip of the tongue."

http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/03/did_i_say_o...

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