Bush League Journalism v. Gore, 3-0
Yesterday’s Ass. Press headline and the intro to the story, both of which are still available via RSS feeds, say the following:
Three Runners Gored by Bulls in Pamplona
PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — At least three people were gored and several others suffered scrapes and cuts on Saturday in Spain’s running of the bulls….
Follow the link to the actual site, however, and you’ll find this story in its place:
No One Gored at Running of the Bulls
PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Despite a big crowd of runners on the streets of Pamplona Sunday nobody was gored in the fourth bull run at the annual San Fermin festival.
Nice to know that yesterday’s three gorings have been upgraded (downgraded?) to non-gorings. You will learn, however, that one of those three is aptly named “Hans Hurt.” Call me superstitious, but if I had a name like that, I’d probably avoid places like Pamplona this time of year.
Oops, make that four. But this appears to be a story on a later run, so it doesn’t really contradict the prior stories; it just sounds like it does.
July 10th, 2005 at 6:57 pm
I wonder what Hans Hurt does for a living?
Typist?
Masseur?
Boxer?
July 10th, 2005 at 7:59 pm
I think sometimes people give reporters made up names to mess with them. One time a caption in my local paper identified a guy as Hugh Janus. I was going to send it to Leno, but I could never figure out the address for that.
July 10th, 2005 at 8:53 pm
That certainly happens. A couple years back, during that brouhaha over women golfers at the Masters, a West Virginia paper fell for “Heywood Jablome.” Maybe this is another example of that?
July 11th, 2005 at 9:35 pm
I think making up silly names is just wrong.