In their tweet about what ISIS terrorists are doing to avoid air strikes, NBC News demonstrated how the absence of just a single letter can completely change the meaning of a sentence:
ISIS fighters are shaving bears and hiding in civilian homes to avoid airstrikes https://t.co/0Kb7iGcLm6 pic.twitter.com/9oq0Vh0gZD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 13, 2016
We assume that was supposed to say “beards.”
Call the ranger. @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/OqQdPx75kO
— S (@FoundersGirl) February 13, 2016
@NBCNews grizzly
— Razor (@hale_razor) February 13, 2016
They have bears in Iraq? https://t.co/d1VGwJrcTE
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) February 13, 2016
Will somebody think of the poor, shivering bears? https://t.co/2DfMUG4HFK
— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) February 13, 2016
..in other news from NBC…food service workers at Jellystone Park detonated a suspicious looking picnic basket…https://t.co/hV0kO8fOya
— H. L. Chiselfritz (@RotNScoundrel) February 13, 2016
@NBCNews How do the bears feel about this? Is PETA aware?
— Jo Ann Champion (@littlepigletta) February 13, 2016
Now they’ve gone and done it:
https://twitter.com/JohnInSFla/status/698563621257900033
Update:
The correction is as funny as the original typo:
Mother of All Corrections @instapundit @KurtSchlichter @redsteeze @jtLOL @AceofSpadesHQ @arthurschwartz @mflynny pic.twitter.com/eayruBRcu8
— furious_delecto_a (@furious_a) February 13, 2016
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