Wash. Post: "Greenspan is in the hospital for an enlarged PROSTITUTE"

Wash Post as Read on C-Span | Apr. 24, 2003

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

It's in the Wash. Post folks. I SAW the article and that was the exact wording, as the C-Span guy was reading the paragraph.

LOL

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

I don't have the Wash. Post and I'm too lazy to find the article at their site but... I wonder if their online edition made the correction...

[Conspiracy Guy]

How big was the ole girl?

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

Should this be marked as breaking (or maybe broken) news?

[fieldmarshaldj]

He'll have to pay extra for that.

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

I don't known but I wonder what his NBC wife has to say. I mean... why wasn't SHE the first one to break this?

[Diogenesis]

Was she confined to the capsule?

[AppyPappy]

He's married to a presstitute (Andrea Mitchell)

[Fester Chugabrew]

Should have been posted under Breaking Nudes.

[savedbygrace]

It's in The Reliable Source, by Lloyd Grove for 4/24/03, and it says:

Unintentional Exuberance

• We initially refused to believe an alert ABC News fan who told us that the closed captions for the 6:30 p.m. Tuesday feed of Peter Jennings's "World News Tonight" informed viewers that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was "in the hospital for an enlarged prostitute."

But yesterday a network spokeswoman confirmed the wording -- provided by ABC's Pennsylvania-based closed-captioning contractor. Apparently the typist hit the wrong key, or keys. The glitch was fixed for the 7 p.m. feed.

"We strive for perfection," ABC's Cathie Levine told us, "but when you're typing that fast, there are occasional mistakes. We regret the error."

Greenspan was home recovering yesterday from prostate surgery, said his wife, NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell. As for that "enlarged prostitute," Mitchell told us: "He should be so lucky."

Admin Moderator: If this is too much quoting, take it down. FYI: the source is http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28307-2003Apr24.html

[L.N. Smithee]

An enlarged prostitute? I didn't know he even knew Xaviera Hollander!

[csvset]

A prostitute with breast augmentation?

[DainBramage]

Fat chicks make his interest rate go up.

[Izzy Dunne]

Hey, Alan!
Don't be talking to the WashPost about me!

[toothless]

Dixie Chick joke in 5..4...3..2..

[11th Earl of Mar]

Hillary?

[spectre]

At least Andrea has a sense of humor.. You go, Greenspan!

sw

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Greenspan's in the hospital because of Anna Nicole Smith?

[Izzy Dunne]

Greenspan is in the hospital for an enlarged PROSTITUTE"

Alan! Next time, YOU get on top, OK?
Get well soon, sweetie.

[DainBramage]

[aristeides]

Mistake, or an inside joke made by somebody in the know?