"Obama As Osama" - Reuters Blames 'Spelling' Error-Pulls Article

[kpete]

Saying it was 'spelling' error, Reuters pulls article that referred to Obama as 'OsamaJohn Byrne
Published: Friday February 15, 2008

In a little noticed flub, the Reuters news agency referred to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) several times as 'Osama' in a widely distributed news article Wednesday, an article they pulled later in the day.

Though transcripts of the original article are hard to find, RAW STORY located one this morning. Many of the corrected articles distributed to news agencies scrubbed the original mistake.

The article was titled, "Obama takes on rivals over economic woes."

The following is reproduced from the cached Reuters article on AOL.
http://209.85.207.104/search?q=cache:LjTeqmcB9pQJ:news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/obama-takes-on-rivals-over-economic-woes/n20080213152709990119+three+weeks+as+her+best+hope+to+stop+Osama%27s+surge.&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us

Reuters attributed the mistake to a 'spelling error.' A rewrite distributed later said it "Corrects spelling of Obama in paragraphs 14 and 18."

Many copies of the newly redistributed articles did not append the correction of the original, including one which ran on Yahoo! Canada and America Online.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080213/us/politics_usa_politics1_dc

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Reuters_pulls_article_referring_to_Obama_0215.html

[shraby]

1. That wasn't a spelling error,

no one can be that stupid..it also wasn't a typo..the "b" and "s" aren't even near each other and are typed with different fingers. Someone deliberately put that in there hoping it wouldn't be caught in time to keep people from reading it. Maybe Reuters should look at who worked on the article, the draft, and who typed up the article and make sure those people will proofread a litte better before going to print.

[Hill_YesWeWill]

2. I call BS!! no pun intended, anyway, b and s are nowhere near each other

on the keyboard, and there is no way dozens of people would miss that mistake, I'm disgusted