CBS Totally Botches Name of Tonight’s Biggest Pro Athlete
Derek Jeter is on a long farewell of sorts (this is his final season playing for the Yankees), and so at tonight’s game he got a huge standing ovation. CBS News has a report on that moment, but their tweet for the report got one teeny tiny little detail wrong.
CBS, of course, posted a correction soon after.
Whoops, we meant to say DEREK Jeter takes bow at his final All-Star game http://t.co/csJROOgNWU
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 16, 2014
But alas, it was too late. In came the tweet-mocking…
CBS News stands by headline, runs profile piece on life-long ASG superfan Michael Jeter who will no longer attend game due to crippling debt
— Katie Nolan (@katienolan) July 16, 2014
Impressive, considering he died 11 years ago. RT @CBSNews: Michael Jeter takes bow at his final All-Star game http://t.co/7prn1VKOD3
— Jesse Spector (@jessespector) July 16, 2014
How can Michael Jeter be considered a legend if he's been telling us his name is Derek all this time?
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) July 16, 2014
Peter Cronkite is turning over in his grave. RT @markdubya: Michael Jeter? pic.twitter.com/7btnuwXaTK
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) July 16, 2014
Michael Jeter > Derek Jeter. But the media never talks about it because of East Coast bias.
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) July 16, 2014
Was Derek Jordan at the game? RT @CBSNews: Michael Jeter takes bow at his final All-Star game http://t.co/Zf7r3dwTpa
— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) July 16, 2014
Oh, and this happened.
RT @markdubya: God bless you, Internet. #MichaelJeter pic.twitter.com/Ojaprd2iTb
— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) July 16, 2014
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