No, for real. The New York Times wrote an article in which they referred to singer Bruce Springsteen and “Bruce Springstein.”
MT @JeffreyGoldberg NYTimes: "….misspelled the singer’s surname…He is Bruce Springsteen, not Springstein." http://t.co/VHsQpp1n
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) November 8, 2012
Worse, they did it a number of times. A screenshot from the updated The New York Times article:
Perhaps the New York Times writer was just so horrified by Springsteen’s creepy ode to Obama that he invented a new singer?
Hilarity, of course, swiftly ensued.
Oy RT @JeffreyGoldberg: NYT "An earlier version of this article misspelled the singer’s surname. He is Bruce Springsteen, not Springstein."
— Chris Moody (@moody) November 8, 2012
amazing MT @JeffreyGoldberg: NYTimes correction: An earlier version of this article misspelled the surname…. Springsteen, not Springstein.
— Alex Callahan (@AlexCallahan) November 8, 2012
@JeffreyGoldberg #LesserKnownJews
— William D. Adler (@williamadler78) November 8, 2012
Man, how amazing would Bruce Springstein be? (See last RT)
— Michael (@frizz) November 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/HoagieHaus/status/266580240292270080
https://twitter.com/c_heller/status/266581585950814208
@JeffreyGoldberg NYTimes: An earlier version of this article misspelled mad scientists surname. He is Dr. FrankenSHTEEN, not FrankenSTINE.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) November 8, 2012
@Chris_Moody @JeffreyGoldberg Saw Springstein in the Catskills last summer. Amazing. 3hr show, 5-8pm. Buffet merely adequate.
— Don Wood (@thatdonwood) November 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/GenesisPOrridge/status/266582241696702464
@DylanByers Some guy in South Williamsburg named Bruce Springstein is shaking his fist in the air as we speak.
— Will Levith (@Mediawill) November 8, 2012
Recommended
@JeffreyGoldberg – someone should set up an @springstein account.
— John Gans (@johngansjr) November 8, 2012
Heh. More, please.
Update: And, the hilarity continues. Now with more hashtag. Enter: #BruceSpringsteinSongs
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/266596573755092992
#BruceSpringsteinSongs is the best thing to happen to Jewish music since someone put the Four Questions to music.
— Aaron Connelly ? (@ConnellyAL) November 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/266605085788876801
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/266604318550011904
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/266597441325903872
https://twitter.com/AdamWeinstein/status/266600632423690241
Does this Bus Stop at *2nd Street? What??? Speak up I can't hear you. #BruceSpringsteinSongs
— SolarGirl305? (@jodmentum) November 8, 2012
#BruceSpringsteinSongs Open All Night Except on Friday
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) November 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/jaycaruso/status/266607273676263424
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