scottwallick.com » george stephanopoulos http://scottwallick.com An editor making more mistakes than corrections Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:26:17 +0000 en hourly 1 Unbelievable geographic ignorance http://scottwallick.com/blog/2008/04/unbelievable-geographic-ignorance/ http://scottwallick.com/blog/2008/04/unbelievable-geographic-ignorance/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:09:59 +0000 Scott http://scottwallick.com/blog/2008/04/unbelievable-geographic-ignorance/ I just finished listening to This Week with George Stephanopoulos, which I do almost every Monday morning. During a 10-minute period of questioning, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley confuses Nepal for Tibet, repeatedly saying “Nepal” when he meant “Tibet.” No correction occurs during the interview or in the subsequent article on ABCNews.com.

This Week with George Stephanopoulos 04-13-08 (MP3, 15 mb)

As the comments mocking Hadley and Stephanopoulos grew, an overdue use of sic later appeared in the body of the article. ABC News required more than a day to determine that the proper nouns Nepal and Tibet are not interchangeable.

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