Cat-astrophic journalistic error

[flowomo]

Newsman fired for inserting "misguided joke" into AP story
North County Times
The AP piece said an LA councilman "held a kitten at a City Hall news conference" while a pet sterilization ordinance was signed. Two staffers at the North County Times changed "held" to "strangled." Editor Kent Davy tells readers: "We have fired the editor who initiated the unfortunate 'joke.' And we have suspended a second editor who failed to keep the error out of print."

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45

[TwilightGardener]

1. OK, sick--but I'm a-laughin' anyway!

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Ain't nobody got a sense of humor any more?

[kiva]

3. Nope, not about cruelty to animals. nt

[lonestarnot]

4. Agreed! And as it should be!

[DefenseLawyer]

5. No cats were harmed in the editing of this newspaper

They obviously forgot to add the obligatory disclaimer.

[emilyg]

6. You're right. I'm with you.

[LisaL]

9. I bet the councilman ain't laughing.

How would you like being accused of strangling kittens?

[uppityperson]

7. Just don't start in on Bonsai Kitten.

[TheMadMonk]

8. I gotta get me one. Cute aren't they.

[uppityperson]

11. We got one once, were building out house

Hard to pull wires through pvc pipes and she was a big help scampering along through them.

[Angleae]

10. Definition of Catastrophe

[UTUSN]

12. Wow - a fellow ROMENESKO fan!1 Whattup?!1 n/t