Tuesday, 27 May 2014

Double-take, # 69

New-found Mangler was made very cross on Sunday by the Guardian’s thoroughly mangled report on the Pope’s visit to Bethlehem:
Link: The Guardian, ‘Pope Francis offers prayers at Israeli separation wall in Bethlehem’


I can’t imagine the Vatican being very pleased — the Frances spelling generally applies only to girls and the medieval ‘Pope Joan’ myth is still taken as gospel by the credulous — and indeed the errors have now been corrected, but the Internet is an unforgiving place, and remembers earlier versions:
Link: Google Search "Security was light. Frances"

It may be a while before the journalist in question lives this one down…
Pope Francis and Frances

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