So Yahoo is Racist?


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yeah, most probably a typo

That's a big typo... but the letters are right next to each other, so I can see how it can happen. It's like when I tell people on AIM "Hold on a sex" when I mean to say "Hold on a sec"... :whistle:

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well if I was black, and I read that, I would be offended probably.

I'd like to think that anybody who read it would think "It's a typo. One they probably should have caught, but a typo nonetheless." but then, I probably put too much faith in humanity.

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Has anyone actually notified the editor of this blooper?

It definately looks like it should have been bigger. While the use of the term in a derogatory sense is certainly rude and hateful, I don't see why anyone would want to sue over this. It clearly looks like a typo. And I don't see how in the context of the article the author could have made a derogatory statement using the 'N'-word.

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Has anyone actually notified the editor of this blooper?

i'm trying to get to the afp site and it's horribly slow...the site won't even come up

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quality assurance is definately lacking ..... i definately LOL from this .. but in all seriousness, mistakes like that shouldn't happen .. especially with a site like yahoo.

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Has anyone actually notified the editor of this blooper?

It definately looks like it should have been bigger. While the use of the term in a derogatory sense is certainly rude and hateful, I don't see why anyone would want to sue over this. It clearly looks like a typo. And I don't see how in the context of the article the author could have made a derogatory statement using the 'N'-word.

I did a while ago. :rolleyes: They won't read my email though.

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Can't get to the AFP site myself (which sourced the story).

B and N are next to each other on the keyboard, and it's an obvious typo (even if spell-check might have let it slide unnoticed).

For what it's worth, I've noticed multiple news agencies in recent months seem to have left their editorial review to about the spell-check level, and lots of inappropriate / incorrect things seem to slip through (like confusion of their, they're, there, etc.).

Heck, I've even seen major news agencies incorrectly use "definately" instead of "definitely" a couple times, and that wouldn't pass spell-check.

Bit surprising the article hasn't yet been corrected.

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quality assurance is definately lacking ..... i definately LOL from this .. but in all seriousness, mistakes like that shouldn't happen .. especially with a site like yahoo.

this is true....mistakes like that shouldn't happen, but they do happen and will continue to happen.

i can't possibly understand how someone could get offended by that.

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I think the whole "proper" English and spelling thing is getting way out of hand. Slang, spelling errors, typos, mis-pronunciation, etc. should never be used in cases such as news reporting or journalism. In fact, one of the first things they taught us in journalism class was the use of proper etiquette and pronunciation.

I read an article in the local paper the other day where the author had used "bling bling" in referring to Kobe Bryant's mink coat ensemble last week. :no:

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Just because a word is in a dictionary doesn't mean it should be used in formal writing.

Bling bling qualifies as a colloquialism, I think, which has no place in formal writing, unless you're quoting or writing about it.

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