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Perhaps I'm too old . . . 911 is a joke in DC
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:44 am
by goose
This is why I hate journalism. Aching to jump on the jingoist bandwagon, some asshole decides that Public Enemy is the new Ward Churchill..... then, oops! Douchebag!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01455.html
correction
Thursday, December 3, 2009
A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number.
btw, Chuck D rocks!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:58 am
by Pattio
Poor writer, I'd guess that most of their heroes do appear on stamps...
Re: Perhaps I'm too old . . . 911 is a joke in DC
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:44 am
by goose
Rev wrote:goose wrote:This is why I hate journalism. Aching to jump on the jingoist bandwagon, some asshole decides that Public Enemy is the new Ward Churchill..... then, oops! Douchebag!
Oh come on, Goose. Do I need to start a "This is why I hate the practice of law..." thread?
Here's the original:
“Public Enemy has earned notoriety with more than 20 years of politically charged music about fighting the power, challenging racism and declaring that 9/11 was a joke.”
Here's the corrected version:
"Public Enemy has earned notoriety with more than 20 years of politically charged music about fighting the power, challenging racism and declaring that 911 was a joke."
And that seems to be the extent of it. Yeah, it was a mistake. Probably by a younger person than you or I, and it should have been caught by a copy editor, but "jingoistic bandwagon" and "Ward Churchill?" Seems a little extreme for a puff piece on Public Enemy performing for homeless kids.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... tml?sub=AR
bah! you ruin all my fun. then again, i'm always willing to entertain those "why i hate lawyer" threads.....