This is the highly esteemed Dr. Hunter, showing how ashamed he is of the following errors from CNN.com. He is too appalled to even say, "Woof."
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May 3, 2010:
"West Valley police say Josh Powell is they only person they's looking at, but they are not calling him a suspect in his wife's disappearance. They say they have no physical evidence of foul play."
--From this article. No, this isn't a quote from a source in the story. CNN must not be doing "they's" editing as well as they ought to... CNN later fixed "they" error about three hours after the original post.
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May 18, 2010:
"Calling law enforcement accounts 'absurd,' a Michigan attorney sued police Tuesday in the death of 7-year-old girl killed during a raid in Detroit."
--From this article. The problem I have with this sentence is that there should be either an "a" or a "the" in front of 7-year-old. Something so simple really ate me up inside.
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June 1, 2010:
"Shortly after midnight on May 22, Kibuishi arrived at the Herr's home, where she was shot and killed by Wozniak, police said."
--From this article. Did Kibuishi arrive at Herr's home, or the home? Pick one, CNN.
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June 5, 2010:
"With his family by his side at his Colorado Springs home, Haggard is expected to a make 'surprise groundbreaking' announcement, according to a news statement Tuesday."
--From this article. Sounds like "a" trouble to me.
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June 10, 2010:
"Van der Sloot, who was twice arrested in connection with the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005."
--From this article. Van der Sloot was arrested. Duh.
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June 10, 2010:
"'This is one of the worst social networking sites that we've encountered.,' Cuomo said at a news conference in New York City."
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"In a statement sent to CNN, Tagged General Counsel Louis Willacy the company was working 'closely and cooperatively' with Cuomo's office to come to a quick resolution 'in the best interest of our members' safety.'"
--Both from the same article. I can't believe there's a period in the first quote, and I'm giggling since CNN left out the "said" in the next graph.
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June 12, 1010:
"Anthony Alvarez, 36, had been holding authorities at bay since Tuesday." (Photo caption)
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"Reporters on the scene said the operation began with a 'flash-bang' designed to disorient the suspect, identified as Anthony Alvarez, 26." (Supporting Graph)
--From this article. Someone didn't double check...
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March 25, 2010 (Found by Mallory on June 12)
"During the six hour standoff police tried all they could to get him out of his house. They first called him on a phone, then used a loudspeaker and finally brought in the tear gas. Still, he still wouldn't budge."
--From this article. Still, CNN still didn't double check.
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June 14, 2010:
"The only other inmate in the area is alleged Colombian hit man Hugo Trujillo Ospina. The two have spent some time together in a common area where there is a television set and weights made of out of broomsticks and soda bottles, authorities said."
--From this article. Just pick one: "made of broomsticks" or "made out of broomsticks." You can't have both, CNN.
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June 16, 2010:
"Police said after the initial shooting, Wolfe drove from to her grandparents' home in Hempstead, about four miles away, where she had an argument with her grandfather 'about insurance papers.' When Wolfe's 56-year-old uncle intervened, he was shot multiple times and killed, police said."
--From this article. Icky mistake.
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June 19, 2010:
"Slayton said he was shocked by the FBI visit because until then he didn't know about Jaycee was his daughter."
--From this article. Slayton didn't know about Jaycee, or Slayton didn't know Jaycee was his daughter.
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June 19, 2010:
"But Mississippi's courts have been slow to deliver justice for in the deaths of Bertha Tardy, the store's owner, and employees Carmen Rigby, Robert Golden and Derrick "Bobo" Stewart."
--From this article. The courts have been slow to deliver justice for the deaths, or in the deaths.
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June 21, 2010:
"Authorities have labeled the case a criminal investigation, On Friday, they released a flier seeking information on Kyron's stepmother."
--From this article. We just need a period, please, to end the first thought. Not a comma.
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June 21, 2010:
"Redding had a role in a 2005 independent film and had also taken courses at an area college. She also worked part-time at a tapas bar in Venice."
--From this article. I don't think we need the word "also" two times to understand that she had a lot of activities.
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June 21, 2010:
"Daves could not be reached for comment Monday. But in his affidavit, in addition to saying that Wright nearly caused a collision, Daves wrote that ' (the) defendant stopped in the ER entrance and jumped out and ran.'"
--From this article. No space before the beginning of the quote, please.
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June 22, 2010:
"A nutrition watchdog group is threatening to sue McDonald's if the fast-food giant won't stop using toys to to lure children to its Happy Meals ."
--From this CNNmoney.com article. Two errors! Sheesh!
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June 23, 2o1o:
"Meanwhile, a judge was expected decide on the legality of van der Sloot's incarceration Wednesday, his lawyer said."
--From this article. Expected to decide.
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June 24, 2010:
"'At this point, the police bureau does not consider this an ongoing investigation unless new evidence is received in the case, said Wednesday's police statement."
--From this article. There was only one quote mark. Was it legitimately a quote, or a paraphrase? Regardless, there needed to be proper quotations, if necessary.
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Hunter is not amused.
