'Facepalm': Yes, the AP reviewed Nine Inch Nails' 'cover' of Johnny Cash's 'Hurt'

Oh. Dear.

Music news, AP-style:

So, the Associated Press reported that Nine Inch Nails played a cover of Johnny Cash's "Hurt" last night in Philly. !

— Dave Lindquist #DavesOldInterviewTapes (@317lindquist) September 2, 2013

On Monday, Associated Press music reporter Mesfin Fekadu published a review of the Nine Inch Nails set at Philly’s Budweiser Made in America festival. Can we get a fact check on Fekadu’s reporting?

@trent_reznor gets no respect from @ap review that claims @nineinchnails covered Johnny Cash's "Hurt" pic.twitter.com/NiYArT0rVC

— Melissa M. Geisler (@melissamgeisler) September 2, 2013

Thanks for the giggles, AP!

Umm @ap I would have thought you'd know NIN wrote and recorded "Hurt" first. Johnny Cash covered it from them http://t.co/EQk6hMN3lM

— Matt Riske (@mwriske) September 3, 2013

The blunder was corrected and the AP article now reads:

NIN closed the night with a slow and smoky version of “Hurt,” which Johnny Cash famously covered.

“Typo” fixed!

CORRECTION: Nine Inch Nails closes second night of Philly music festival: http://t.co/AlP8KgZI6I -BW (fixes typo)

— The Associated Press (@AP) September 2, 2013

Here’s the original text:

NIN closed the night with a slow and smoky cover of Johnny Cash’s “Hurt,” which earned nonstop cheers from the crowd.

Whoops!

https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/374668617402445824

Wut? RT @cynicusprime: WTF???? RT @busblog: This hurts: AP thinks Nine Inch Nails covered Johnny Cash http://t.co/MrpUAXc4EH

— The H2 (@TheH2) September 2, 2013

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So the @AP writer said Hurt was a Johnny Cash song? I suggest a boom box playing Downward Spiral at 6 AM outside the "journalist's" window

— Kale D. (@ameliasprout) September 3, 2013

So apparently NIN covered Johnny Cash's "Hurt" last night at a concert according to AP. #oops #facepalm

— Thomas Burgess (@thomrburg) September 3, 2013

How embarrassing for @AP. "NIN closed the night with a slow and smoky cover of Johnny Cash's 'Hurt'" – http://t.co/87cOdjU3oI

— Bao Vo (@baovo) September 2, 2013

No, @AP, no: "'@nineinchnails closed the night with a slow and smoky cover of Johnny Cash's 'Hurt.'" http://t.co/hoCK6EOkGZ h/t @LinerNotes

— David Daniel @? (@CNNLADavid) September 2, 2013

And, in a nutshell:

https://twitter.com/DannyJWillis/status/374598730306961409