that time walter cronkite died and the chicago tribune decided to refer to him as mr. cronkite in their obituary as a show of respect so they ran a program that replaced every instance of “cronkite” with “mr. cronkite” and do you see where i’m going with this
i love this.
reported here: “an editor must have used search-and-replace to make “Cronkite” into “Mr. Cronkite.“ There was some collateral damage.”
see also
Reuters style apparently avoids mentions of “the Queen”, instead favoring the full name “Queen Elizabeth.” [x] and once in this article about bees do you see where i’m going with this
and
the time American Family Association’s news site, who apparently aim to combat The Homosexual Agenda by removing all instances of the word ‘gay’…… reported on sprinter Tyson Gay’s victory….
