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Yahoo Finance in typo tweet: 'Trump wants a much n----r navy'
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| 1/6/17
| CHRIS SOMMERFELDT
Posted on 01/07/2017 10:29:08 PM PST by Timpanagos1
A social media administrator at Yahoo Finance needs a copy editor badly.
The news site's Twitter account shared an inconspicuous news story Thursday evening about President-elect Donald Trump wanting to expand the U.S. navy but a misplaced "n" in the tweet's caption turned the whole thing on its head in a disastrous manner.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: internet; media; navy; slur; yahoo
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To: Salamander
I saw Innis respond to that NBC error. He handled it with dignity, class, and marvelous, disarming and detoxifying humor. He said something to the effect that he had noticed the error but said nothing; then he added: “I’ve been called that before.”
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posted on
01/08/2017 6:50:55 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
( "You can--in fact must--shout 'Fire!' in a crowded theater. It just has to be the truth. J Goldberg)
To: Timpanagos1
That’s silly. Everybody knows they can’t swim well.
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posted on
01/08/2017 7:16:37 AM PST
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory.)
To: GreyHoundSailor
You might appreciate this pic, which I found for posting on an unrelated thread a week or so ago.
(it's YUGE, click it for the big version)
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posted on
01/08/2017 7:42:28 AM PST
by
tomkat
To: beaware
what kind of naming scheme is used for the clittoral ships?
HA!...Post. Of. The. Day. Fabulous!..
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posted on
01/08/2017 7:44:09 AM PST
by
AFret.
To: Timpanagos1
The lazy sloppy hallmark of media, politicians, and dumbed down public will be difficult to eradicate. Nevermind fact checking.
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posted on
01/08/2017 7:49:41 AM PST
by
t4texas
(No koolaid for me. Thanks!)
To: Timpanagos1
The misspelled tweet stayed live on the account for at least 20 minutes, garnering an unusually high number of retweets and comments dripping with bitter sarcasm.
Then Twitter hilarity ensued.
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posted on
01/08/2017 7:57:36 AM PST
by
Bratch
("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
To: beaware
Thanks to the coffee gods, I had swallowed my coffee before I read:
What kind of naming scheme is used for the clittoral ships?
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posted on
01/08/2017 9:49:26 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Challenge Freepers, who post a bs article from the left and don't challenge it!)
To: jch10; CyberAnt; Enchante
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posted on
01/08/2017 10:58:12 AM PST
by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
To: Tai_Chung
Ha!
The primary mission of the USS Obama would be:
White (or rainbow) flag deployment, transport of illegal aliens into U.S. ports, and assisting Greenpeace to save the whales in a carbon neutral manner.
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posted on
01/08/2017 11:38:24 AM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: Tai_Chung
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posted on
01/08/2017 11:48:23 AM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: BroJoeK
Obama was never in the military, so I doubt he will have a Navy ship named after him.
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posted on
01/08/2017 1:51:58 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
(Peace through Strength)
To: Huaynero
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01/08/2017 8:38:31 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
(Peace through Strength)
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