AP Accidentally Calls Lieberman A Prick

Editor & Publisher:

One of the most amusing typos of the season turned up for awhile overnight in a major Associated Press dispatch. Some in the liberal blogosphere, who have often criticized Sen. Joe Lieberman -- the Democrat turned Independent who has endorsed John McCain -- found it all too apt.

The typo, in an article on the upcoming vice presidential picks due from McCain and Barack Obama and written by one of the top AP political scribes, Nedra Pickler, was soon corrected but can still be found viewed via Google at numerous news sites early this morning.

After focusing on Obama, the article discusses several possible McCain picks, and relates, "His top contenders are said to include Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Less traditional choices mentioned include former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, an abortion-rights supporter, and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential prick in 2000 who now is an independent."

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Comments

[JennyJay]

I laughed and laughed and laughed - it really was great. God must have looked down from the
heavens and said "lets call this guy by the right name - PRICK", even though that was not the
intent of the article. Yes, it must have been sheer devine intervention.

[KNadine]

That wasn't a slip. He is a prick.

[magen]

He's not the 2000 Vice Presisential prick.............

He's an all around prick.

[CtJean]

CAN'T WAIT FOR KO TONIGHT

I can see the smirk on his face now.

Hoo Hah

[merle7]

Prick: contemptib­le,obnoxio­us,vulgar I think those adjectives describes Liberman quite well
Thank you AP!!!!

[roshni]

Freudian slip! I love it - couldn't be more appropriate!

[BetterDeadthanRedState]

Finally! Some truth from the main-stream media!

[TheCritic]

LOL!

[GiannaX]

Ahh, let it stick...the truth comes out one way or the other. The shoe certainly fits!

[RushLiberal]

I'm sure Murdock and Zell will flog that poor person reporting the Truth.

[heal57]

Freudian slip????

[ElPerro]

Paging Dr. Freud!!

[tony2008]

It is not a typo. It is real.

[SeekerOne]

It was no mistake.

[johnnyjust]

Gosh, look at all the tolerant liberals commenting about someone expressing their freedom of choice.

Guess they're not that tolerant after all. Who knew?

[YellowDogInRedCounty]

Yet again, johnnyjustdoesntget it and johnnyjust­looksforan­yexcusetor­agonothers­. Nobody here has commented at all about anyone expressing their freedom of choice. We're all just laughing about a typo and how correct it seems.

If you hate "tolerant liberals" so much, why don't you go to another site? I'm sure there are plenty of sites catering to intolerant conservatives, although that seems like a redundancy.

[Pupadup4oBama]

wow, you are stupid....this is not about what someone said...this is about a "typo".
did you not even READ the article?

[AmericaninProtest]

The "Prick" will write to AP demanding a meeting about how biased AP is.