Obama committed a gaffe while on Jay Leno's show and the AP felt it needed to fix it when reporting.

AP apologizes for doing so but not for being the official Obama gaffe band aid brigade.

AP News: Correction: Ports-Obama story

Quote:SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - In an Aug. 7 story on President Barack Obama's comments on the need to deepen U.S. harbors, The Associated Press wrongly inserted an interpretive phrase in parentheses into a quote by Obama:

"If we don't deepen our ports all along the Gulf - (and in) places like Charleston, S.C., or Savannah, Ga., or Jacksonville, Fla. - if we don't do that, these ships are going to go someplace else and we'll lose jobs," Obama said.

Charleston, Savannah and Jacksonville are not Gulf ports. It wasn't known if the president was suggesting they were. The AP should not have added the phrase in an effort to clarify his statement.

A corrected version of the story is below:

Surely they can't be biased much.

New, corrected version:

Quote:"If we don't deepen our ports all along the Gulf - places like Charleston, S.C., or Savannah, Ga., or Jacksonville, Fla. - if we don't do that, these ships are going to go someplace else and we'll lose jobs," Obama said.

By itself, not a big issue but for those who still deny media bias, I posted this to point out how AP is one of the big offenders. They also lack self awareness of their bias.

Which of the 57 states are officially on the Gulf Coast?

MHB, hey now, you keep that "lapdog" talk to the Cubit/Fleck threads on the WMU board. (jk)

Surely the likes of George Bush and Sarah Palin would get a dose of snark directed their way by the usual media and entertainment funnymen if they made such a bad geographical error.

That is a big reach there. I can't believe we haven't seen the term "lamestream media" yet. And it is obvious that he was listing coastal ports, not thinking Charleston or Savannah are on the Gulf.

(08-09-2013 12:03 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  That is a big reach there. I can't believe we haven't seen the term "lamestream media" yet. And it is obvious that he was listing coastal ports, not thinking Charleston or Savannah are on the Gulf.

Just thank goodness he did not mispronounce Nuclear... Because that is clearly a sign of stupidity...

(08-09-2013 12:03 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  That is a big reach there. I can't believe we haven't seen the term "lamestream media" yet. And it is obvious that he was listing coastal ports, not thinking Charleston or Savannah are on the Gulf.

Not obvious in the least. He likely has no idea what geographical feature is defined by "gulf".

(08-09-2013 12:11 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(08-09-2013 12:03 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  That is a big reach there. I can't believe we haven't seen the term "lamestream media" yet. And it is obvious that he was listing coastal ports, not thinking Charleston or Savannah are on the Gulf.

Not obvious in the least. He likely has no idea what geographical feature is defined by "gulf".

Surely you don't really believe that.

(08-09-2013 12:11 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(08-09-2013 12:03 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  That is a big reach there. I can't believe we haven't seen the term "lamestream media" yet. And it is obvious that he was listing coastal ports, not thinking Charleston or Savannah are on the Gulf.

Not obvious in the least. He likely has no idea what geographical feature is defined by "gulf".

Nothing is obvious to you so I can understand your lack not understanding the obvious.

The gaffe by Obama saying Charleston and Savannah is on the Gulf, has happened more than once.

(08-09-2013 01:09 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  

(08-09-2013 12:11 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(08-09-2013 12:03 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  That is a big reach there. I can't believe we haven't seen the term "lamestream media" yet. And it is obvious that he was listing coastal ports, not thinking Charleston or Savannah are on the Gulf.

Not obvious in the least. He likely has no idea what geographical feature is defined by "gulf".

Surely you don't really believe that.

As far as multiple-intelligence theory goes, Obama is clearly people smart.

As for traditional intelligence, facts, logic, etc, he really is quite the dullard.

Heard an interesting comment that was supposedly said by the spouse of a major foreign political figure the other day.

Bush came across like a rube but had the mind of an Ivy leaguer. Obama comes across like an Ivy Leaguer but has the mind of a rube.