Um, no.

[lederhosen]

Currently front-page on the Herald website: "President Bush makes huge gaffe as he hosts the Queen in Washington." Which led me to expect something on the order of "God I hate corgis" or maybe "Glad none of my kids are going to Iraq, eh?"

Actual size of 'gaffe': "The American people are proud to welcome your majesty back to the United States, a nation you've come to know very well. After all you've dined with 10 US presidents. You've helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial in 17 - in 1976."

Note to journalist: please do not scrape the bottom of the barrel, not when it's a great big barrel that's not even halfway empty yet.

This Herald-Sun cricket piece, now, that's a gaffe. (NB: The Herald's Sunday edition is the Sun-Herald, but the Herald-Sun is a completely different paper.)

Comments

[drzero.livejournal.com]

Re: Bush Gaffe, actually, I think the British DID help the US celebrate their Independence Day in 1796. By being the losing side. Totally factual, that man Bush....*ahem*

Re: Woolmer, I hate to say it, it sounds awful, but for a two month festival of cricket that did it's level best to convince you that it wasn't being played in the Caribbean, that the Australians won, again, like everyone knew they would, that was a highlight.

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

I'll admit, it probably made life easier for the journalists...