[sic]?

[indy_azcat]

From the top hits searching yahoo and google news for "disassemble"... wouldn't you think ONE reporter would toss in a {sic} to show that Bush is an idiot? :banghead:


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/krwashbureau/20050531/ts_krwashbureau/_bc_bush_wa_1

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050601/pl_nm/bush_amnesty_dc_4

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20050601/pl_usatoday/bushstressespatiencewitheffortsabroadmoreurgencyathome

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_6804.shtml

http://www.themoderatevoice.com/posts/1117585251.shtml

edit for a bracket change

[TahitiNut]

1. [sic]

[sic] or (sic) (from Latin sicut for "just as"; see also List of Latin phrases) is a bracketed expression used to indicate that an unusual spelling, phrase, or any other preceding quoted material is intended to be read or printed exactly as shown (rather than being an error) and should not be corrected. It carries two possible meanings: either that an error was made by the person from which one is quoting, but it would be dishonest to correct it, or that it appears to be an error, but is in fact correct. For example, when quoting a person named Sandra Bollock (not the actress Sandra Bullock), the author might write "a local resident, Sandra Bollock [sic] said that . . .". Many people think that "sic" stands for "spelled incorrectly"; this is actually a misconception, although "sic" is often used to point out an unusual or incorrect spelling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic

[indy_azcat]

2. Guess the Chicago Tribune is dishonest then.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/chitribts/20050601/ts_chicagotrib/angrybushscornsgulaglabelondetentioncamps

"Bush said that "it seemed like to me based some of their decisions on the word of--and the allegations--by people who were held in detention, people who hate America, people that had been trained in some instances to dissemble--that means not tell the truth. And so it was an absurd report."

[TahitiNut]

3. Yep. No surprise.

:shrug:

The very basic meaning of 'journalism' is to accurately record events and quotes without manipulation or revision. Permission to "revise and extend" remarks must receive unanimous consent, even in Congress.