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

[Makesense]

that is the most accurate typo ever

[YellowDogInRedCounty]

"Accidenta­lly"??????

[Budokan]

LOL, for once the AP got it right....

[ezbreezer]

He's a prick - albeit a circumcised one.

[AzRealProgressive]

Amazing. In 2000 he could do no wrong. He was the Democratic running mate for Gore. And now to you he is nothing more than a prick. And undoubtedly HRC was another one of your heroes, now look at what posters here say about her.

[SFkid]

He's the reason why Gore lost and nobody ever liked HRC. Who are you talking to by the say? Stop generalizing.

[CtJean]

He is not the same person he was in 2000.

He has gone to the dark side.

[widollar]

Yes, Liberman is a prick and so is his hero Little Johnny McCain. They are both pathetic excuses for America politicians. They both represent all that's wrong with politicians today.

[AzRealProgressive]

So, what happens if little Johnny is elected?

[CtJean]

This country is in the toilet now, and he would flush it.

[ObserverinVancouver]

Invest in Mandarin lessons.

[Pupadup4oBama]

Prick and Little John...wow­, I'd hate to be THAT duo...:)

[mooph]

Testing the copyeditors?

Hey, maybe HuffPo should hire some of those -- especially for the typo-prone Stein.

[siciliabel]

Many a truth is told in.....typ­o.

[TexasDem0]

What a sorry reflection on the media, when the truth is accidentally reported.

[AzRealProgressive]

The media is supposed to be fair, and name calling is a no-no.

[ObserverinVancouver]

You can be unfair without name calling. Just look at some of the jerks at NYT and their snidely slanted reporting about Sen. Obama.

[Pupadup4oBama]

DUDE, it was a TYPO! (supposedly)

[SCG2]

LMAO!

[trollsbwild]

Good to see the fourth estate do accurate reporting. Was the statement wrong?

[AzRealProgressive]

If I remember right, in 2000 he came with a few hundred votes of being the vice president in a Democratic administration. So how many millions of people who voted for him, think that?

[YunekFlava]

AP should issue an official apology...­to all the "pricks" in the world.

[macracan]

AP stock just grew in my eyes. Finally they report the truth... Keep it up...

[kissmygrits]

AP had a moment of sheer fact checking, apparently­... Jowly sure is a prick!

[JerzGirl226]

It may be a typo but it's true. I think they should have left it

[Harrygton]

Al Gore maybe a great champion of the environment but his political judgment leaves a lot to be desired when he picked this "democratic" abomination as his running mate in 2000! He didn't do a good job of raising his son either... so I am kind of glad he is out of presidential politics!

[AzRealProgressive]

He claims to have invented the internet, that would be a good point of his.

[allonfla]

it was one of the first articles i read this mornin and i thought it was too funny.