Yahoo Home Page News Headline: "Obama Tries to Steal Nebraska Electoral Votes"

[David Zephyr]

Check it out. Hopefully someone can archive the cache of the page. Unbelievable. The fix is in.

http://www.yahoo.com/

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. They already changed it

Now readss:
Omaha's electoral vote draws Obama's attention

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080909/ap_on_el_pr/nebraska_split_vote

[Eric J in MN]

6. When I clicked the Yahoo! "steal" headline about two hours ago...

...which was on Yahoo!s homepage, the next page which came up had the "draws Obama's attention" headline.

[wryter2000]

18. It says "take" now

At least, that's what the headline on the home page says.

[stillcool]

7. no they didn't..

that is the link to the story which has a different title. The headline for the story on the Yahoo page is the same...

[Eric J in MN]

11. The Yahoo! homepage still says "steal"

http://www.yahoo.com

"Obama tries to steal Nebraska electoral vote from McCain"

[kansasblue]

13. Here I saved it. (jpg)

[Whoa_Nelly]

15. Now says: • Obama tries to take Omaha's electoral vote from McCain

And then when clicked on, story headline says: Omaha's electoral vote draws Obama's attention

[David Zephyr]

22. Kudos to kansasblue. You got it for posterity before they changed the word "steal"

And yet they still got away with it for hours.

[pipoman]

29. Hey Kansas

you got any of your own vids on XTube??

:shrug: :headbang: :popcorn::spray: :rofl: :hide:

[stillcool]

2. The title of the story..

is different from the title on the Yahoo page. Here's the actual title
Omaha's electoral vote draws Obama's attention
By ANNA JO BRATTON, Associated Press Writer

I wonder if the AP is aware of this?
• Obama tries to steal Nebraska electoral vote from McCain

[realisticphish]

3. meh

if you read the article, its not that big a deal. and their amended title "Obama Tries to Steal Nebraska Electoral votes from McCain," if that's not what it was when you read it, is fairly clear

[renate]

10. people often read headlines on the Yahoo home page without reading the stories

The article itself just shows that the campaign is planning ahead--nothing wrong with the article. But anyone who reads just the headlines is going to see the word "steal," and that is not okay.

People don't have time to read the story behind every headline. They assume that the headline sums up the basics of the article. I'm willing to believe that it was a dumb mistake... but I am still upset, because if this campaign isn't going to be about the issues, according to the wishes of the McCain campaign, words like "steal" matter.

[renate]

4. STEAL? WTF? This is BEYOND CRAP

"Reliably Republican, Nebraska has been giving the GOP all its electoral votes in every presidential election since 1964. Democratic candidate Barack Obama is trying to take just one of its five votes this year by focusing on Omaha, the state's biggest, most diverse city."

snip

"Only Nebraska and Maine divide their electoral votes, though the votes have never actually been split. Obama has opened a campaign office in Omaha to make a play for the electoral vote decided by results in the 2nd Congressional District, which would be essential to victory if the election ended in a 269-269 electoral tie, neither candidate reaching the mandatory 270 electoral votes."

Stealing is illegal. Being intelligent is not.
This headline is completely unacceptable.

:wtf::wtf::wtf::wtf::wtf::wtf::wtf:
:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[Parker CA]

5. No he's not. Did you even read the article??

He isn't being accused of trying to steal as in cheat. He is giving McBush a run for his money by campaigning and advertising hard in Omaha. Don't post things and make inflamatory comments without understanding context.

[NightWatcher]

8. "a black man tries to steal something that belongs to the white man"

is the meme that they are trying to get out. We all know that it means Obama is working hard to flip a red state, but the wording is full of negatives.

[David Zephyr]

30. Bingo!

Steal. Un-fucking-believable.

[ColbertWatcher]

33. Yahoo headline: "Angry African Eyes Innocent White Electoral College Co-ed." n/t

[angstlessk]

9. it's the headline, stupid.. as the other poster said stealing is illegal

it implies Obama is doing something either illegal or underhanded to gain votes..

[Jack_Dawson]

12. You aren't Sports Fans, are you?

It's an expression. Like...they stole one in Yankee Stadium (where they have no business winning). Anyway...have a drink. :beer:

[ColbertWatcher]

16. You know what? Let the GOP-controlled media explain themselves; don't make it easy for them. n/t

[stillcool]

17. Yeah I'm sure that's the first thing..

people think about when they see 'stealing an election'...baseball:rofl:

[EFerrari]

23. Not as written. They'd have to add something like,

"Obama bench aims to steal". As it is, it's just a black guy and theft in that headline.

[Sebastian Doyle]

32. With all due respect Jack, this ain't no fucking game!

This is our last chance to reverse the suicidal, fascist direction of this country. Stealing is what the Bush Crime Family did in Florida in 2000, and in Ohio in 2004. It's not comparable to baseball references (Yankees suck BTW :evilgrin: ) and it's not comparable to a Democratic candidate winning a partial electoral vote in one of the two states that actually does the weird split thing. (Maine is the other one, I think? )

[ColbertWatcher]

14. Got it!

[renate]

20. well done!

:applause:

It's changed now, to "Obama tries to take Omaha's electoral debate from McCain." That's more like it.

[ColbertWatcher]

24. Yes, but I'm sure they didn't change it out of the goodness of their hearts.

They probably got complaints.

[David Zephyr]

25. Thank you, ColbertWatcher!

There it is for posterity. Thanks.

[ColbertWatcher]

28. You're welcome. I collect truthiness for posterity! n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

19. LOL! They changed it to say "Obama tries to take Omaha's electoral vote from McCain"! n/t

[David Zephyr]

26. I saw the headline and rushed to post it here. Team work.

How many saw the wrong headline will be a mystery that only Yahoo and the asshole who wrote the misleading headline will know.

:thumbsup:

[David Zephyr]

21. They changed the headlines. But the fact is they got away with it for hours.

The fix is in.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

27. They might has well had the headline as "Obama Tries To Mug Mc'Cain's Electoral Votes"

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[BrainStorm]

31. Someone needs to send this to Olbermann.

OR Jon Stewart?