Here it is.
RT @AmyOtto8: Where's the workplace errors graphic for Vox? Set it back to 0 pic.twitter.com/20CoEHuJMF
— TheH2 (@TheH2) August 10, 2014
For what it’s worth, this error doesn’t come directly from Vox but rather from Voxsplainer Matt Yglesias.
So, @mattyglesias thinks Gerald Ford is alive pic.twitter.com/d8S5C7BAEP
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) August 10, 2014
.@GPollowitz @JonahNRO @mattyglesias Don't feel bad Matty…You only missed Ford's death by EIGHT years….#moron
— Bill Roland (@univky1) August 10, 2014
@GPollowitz @mattyglesias Research!
— Rialby (@RialbyBlogger) August 10, 2014
@GPollowitz @mattyglesias Awaiting the Voxplanattion on dead and not-quite-dead-yet presidents.
— Patrick H. (@trogdor8768) August 10, 2014
In fairness that's tough to fact-check. “@GPollowitz: So, @mattyglesias thinks Gerald Ford is alive pic.twitter.com/VUJSu8S2Th”
— Nick Sharkey (@sharkey_nick) August 10, 2014
Is Gerald Ford our greatest living president? http://t.co/YEHiH9Pq1A
— Vox (@vauxnews) August 10, 2014
Guy who is going to explain everything to you apparently doesn't have access to Google, Wikipedia https://t.co/DuOHN7F7IC
— SunnyRight (@sunnyright) August 10, 2014
72 years from now there's be a historical twitter account for @voxdotcom and @mattyglesias blunders.Nobody will believe it happened.
— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) August 10, 2014
If your website is based on the premise that you explain world events to people, shouldn't you occasionally get something right?
— SunnyRight (@sunnyright) August 10, 2014
Hey, it’s a honest mistake. But …
When you build yourself up as better than others, and pompously so, people take joy in watching you fail spectacularly.
— SunnyRight (@sunnyright) August 10, 2014
Some good came from the gaffe. First, there were plenty of good suggestions for President Clinton’s ship.
@GPollowitz @JonahNRO @mattyglesias USS Clinton will be a cigar boat
— ImaBeauty (@BobFary) August 10, 2014
@GPollowitz @JonahNRO @mattyglesias The USS Bill Clinton ought to be a submarine.
— Clay Johanson (@clayjohanson) August 10, 2014
@GPollowitz @EWErickson @mattyglesias so what is it a tugg boat?
— rjr (@rjkok2) August 10, 2014
@Baba_0_Riley @GPollowitz @JonahNRO @mattyglesias Maybe a submarine. There's all that going down stuff.
— Joe Mierzwa (@joemierzwa) August 10, 2014
@GillsiesGoons @JimmyPrinceton @GPollowitz @mattyglesias Maybe they could name a Booze Cruise party boat after Clinton to make Matty happy.
— JP Quinn (@JPQ904) August 10, 2014
@JimmyPrinceton @bccover @GPollowitz @mattyglesias bill deserves a boat alright one with a whole blown in it
— Obama Golf Balls (@TPLRRT1) August 10, 2014
Second, it spawned the #VoxAircraftCarriers hashtag.
USS LOL Bezos #VoxAircraftCarriers
— S.M (@redsteeze) August 10, 2014
USS Gazan Bridge #VoxAircraftCarriers
— B. M. Smith (@bmcsmith92) August 10, 2014
USS Juice box #voxAircraftCarriers
— Brian Norwood (@NorwoodBrian) August 10, 2014
USS No Timezone #VoxAircraftCarriers
— S.M (@redsteeze) August 10, 2014
USS Actually Dead Presidents #VoxAircraftCarriers
— knotgrumpy (@knotgrumpy) August 10, 2014
USS Sponsored by GE #VoxAircraftCarriers
— S.M (@redsteeze) August 10, 2014
USS Trust Fund#VoxAircraftCarriers
— Jeff (@SenseOffense) August 10, 2014
USS Giraffes #VoxAircraftCarriers
— B. M. Smith (@bmcsmith92) August 10, 2014
USS Ghana #VoxAircraftCarriers
— S.M (@redsteeze) August 10, 2014
USS Why Tugboats are the New Aircraft Carrier #VoxAircraftCarriers
— Scott Lofquist (@ScottLofquist) August 10, 2014
USS Retraction #VoxAircraftCarriers
— SunnyRight (@sunnyright) August 10, 2014
USS British Province #VoxAircraftCarriers
— S.M (@redsteeze) August 10, 2014
USS Wikipedia #VoxAircraftCarriers
— S.M (@redsteeze) August 10, 2014
USS 7 Reasons the Aircraft on this Carrier Are Completely Unarmed, and That's a Good Thing#VoxAircraftCarriers
— Ride It Down (@Beer__Wolf) August 10, 2014
USS White Privilege. #VoxAircraftCarriers
— #HTTR (@TheDavidBohm) August 10, 2014
USS Stealth Edit #VoxAircraftCarriers
— S.M (@redsteeze) August 10, 2014
USS Blown Venture Capital#VoxAircraftCarriers
— Ride It Down (@Beer__Wolf) August 10, 2014
#VoxAircraftCarriers USS Link Bait
— Hugs n Kisses (@Coondawg68) August 10, 2014
USS Unreliable Maps#VoxAircraftCarriers
— Ride It Down (@Beer__Wolf) August 10, 2014
USS Slate Won't Rehire You #VoxAircraftCarriers
— S.M (@redsteeze) August 10, 2014
USS Copy & Paste#VoxAircraftCarriers
— Ride It Down (@Beer__Wolf) August 10, 2014
USS Best Investment Bezos Never Made #VoxAircraftCarriers
— B. M. Smith (@bmcsmith92) August 10, 2014
USS No One In Your Audience Takes You One Bit Seriously #VoxAircraftCarriers
— cynical (@graber429) August 10, 2014
USS Junior Varsity #VoxAircraftCarriers
— Dana (@Grandbulldoggie) August 10, 2014
#VoxAircraftCarriers USS Lost At Sea
— Wright Shumate (@WrightShumate) August 10, 2014
USSplanation #VoxAircraftCarriers
— Shoebart (@theshoebart) August 10, 2014
#VoxAircraftCarriers USS Research Is Hard
— Wright Shumate (@WrightShumate) August 10, 2014
USS Mensa #VoxAircraftCarriers
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) August 10, 2014
#VoxAircraftCarriers USS What is an Aircraft Carrier
— epcpotown (@epcpotown) August 10, 2014
USS 6 Ways This Carrier Is Harming The Environment #VoxAircraftCarriers
— cynical (@graber429) August 10, 2014
USS BWAH HAHA #VoxAircraftCarriers pic.twitter.com/EksPJWctBJ
— Jon McC (@fatdaddybulldog) August 10, 2014
