CNN misspells Lebanon this morn in one of their banners ('Lebonon')

[jean]

And we're supposed to take CNN seriously? They can't even spell the name of the country embroiled in this crisis right - what else are they getting wrong? Is anyone fact checking, for instance? They are not proofreading.

[katmondoo]

1. This is not the first time they have misspelled a word

They do it all of the time. Not very professional

[ovidsen]

2. Outsourcing?

Wouldn't put it past 'em.

[Warpy]

3. That's what happens when you hire loyal Repuglicans

They can't spell, can't comprehend what they read, can't do math.

They're the perfect voters!

[DFLer4edu]

4. Well maybe they'll take to spelling Bush Bu$h

[LiberalPartisan]

5. FOX used 'MS' for Missouri yesterday when it should have been 'MO'

It was about 15 minutes before it was corrected.

[DFLer4edu]

12. That's Priceless

You expect them to misspell the names of foreign countries, but, you'd think they would know their states!

[jean]

14. I understand there are variant spellings of 'Hizbulloh' but there's no

excuse in the case of established countries and states.

[ChiciB1]

6. As Someone Who People Call A Wordsmith... AND I Never Get

it right many many times, I too have noticed that many times they have not only spelled words incorrectly, they have also used incorrect grammar!

One word that is famously misused is "regardless." So many times I hear them say irregardless and there is no such word as irregardless. One reason I'm such a stickler about this word is that I was called out about this very same mistake many years ago in a rather public way. I have NEVER forgotten the example! I've even heard politicians and reporters using the word too.

Naturally we ALL make mistakes, it's only human... but you would think that such a large conglomerate would have at least a small contingent to see that what is broadcast all over the world is done so correctly.

[rock]

8. I've heard the same argument about "balding"

Yet, both words are used commonly and people know what they mean. One has to wonder how do the pundits arrive at their conclusions?

[tuvor]

7. Maybe they should hire National Enquirer proofreaders.

I don't know about today, but I was a big fan of the tab in the 70s and 80s. I think I noticed only one spelling error in all that time.

Even their grammar was impeccable.

[Laughing Mirror]

15. That's fascinating about the Enquirer

Maybe the editors spent so much time reading and re-reading and re-editing the stories, the better to make them even tighter, juicier, that by the time the proofreaders were correcting the galleys the text was already perfection. This CNN shit they just slap up on the screen without taking time over it, so it's certainly understandable huge gaffes live on your screen will happen more often than not.

I'm sorry now I missed the golden years of the Enquirer. If they had been consistently riddled with typos they would have lost all credibility, as any good newspaper would! I was a Weekly World News consumer myself. Right there at the checkout line. Can't miss it.

[RebelOne]

9. That's nothing new. I'm always e-mailing them

and pointing out their atrocious spelling and grammar errors.

[jean]

13. Let's mock them online - it'll be our version of a vast conspiracy: "The

'internets' conspire to upgrade cable news spelling and grammar (or to prod them into using spell check)."

[WinkyDink]

10. As someone from PA., land of Lebanon bologna, that irks me!

No, seriously---it's way too frequent to see these kinds of errors.

My all-time fave Major Media goof was with TIME. About 10 years ago or so they had a small article remembering the infamous Mafia meeting in Apalachin, NY.

Except the magazine had, with no state, "Appalachia". I called and spoke to the writer and convinced him of this BLUNDER!

[Benhurst]

11. Who cares whether or not you can spell it as long as you can bomb it?

BushAmerica, The Third World's Only Superpower.

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. MSNBC once misspelled Niger Innes' name

One of the local stations tends to spell "weather" as "wether." And all of them keep misspelling "dumbass" as "Bush."

[npincus]

17. another Network spelled it "Lebanan"- I kid you NOT

I think it was CBS.