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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