Yet again, the Chron displays its proclivity for presenting error as fact. Here’s the headline from an AP story about the convicted Border Patrol agents:
Report: Drug agents lied, destroyed evidence
They were border patrol agents, not DEA.
A spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, whose office prosecuted the case and who has been widely criticized for pursing the agents and not the drug dealer shot, declined to comment.
Pursing? How about pursuing?
“So far it looks to me like Agents Ramos and Compean may not have followed proper procedure following the shooting, which at most should have resulted in their suspension from the force, but not criminal procedure,” Rep. John Culberson, D-Houston, said in a statement issued this afternoon.
Culberson is, of course, a Republican.
Two Texas congressmen said the office of inspector general for Homeland Security told them the report would say that the agets planned to “go out and shoot Mexicans” on that day.
I have no idea what an aget is.
At some point you have to wonder: Does anyone at the Chron even read this stuff before it goes out?
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Matt
An aget is what an idiot prints in the nations 4th largest newspaper
I meant 4th largest City’s Newspaper
Culbertson is feeling my wrath….
He’s going down…..
Can’t change his story after manipulating Edd - he had been given this information time and time again and he used it for cheap personal gain not out of consideration for the “Drug agets”
Taking Poe and McCaul with him - what a waste for their supporters - the whole thing is a travesty and tragedy.
The should have listened to Seantor Coryn on how to voice an opinion in the proper manner.
EricPJohnson
You have so many factual errors it is unreal. Culbertson is going down? ROTFLMAO. At the end of the investigation Culbertson will be the great savior and you and other Sutton apologist will be left looking like fools.
I once asked a fellow horsewoman who works at the Chron if the place had a copy editor. She said yes, and a live person no less. I said they need a new one.
# 4, are they sure thier copy editor is a “live person” maybe they should check thier pulse
Don’t you know the Crummyicle is just testing the readers to see if they can find any errors. And lucky for the Crummyicle, they have intelligent readers otherwise there would be no need to print a newspaper.
Maybe the Chronsuckle has started hiring illegals to save money.
BTW
I am pretty sure its Culberson.
http://www.culberson.house.gov/
Culbertson is an author.
From Webster’s Texas Dikshunary:
Obviously the AP reporters is unedjicated, since they used this term incorrectly in the artickle. They should have used the past tents, which can be substituted fer a nown: “…the report would say that the agottens planned to…”
Any decent copy editor should have easily caught this rookie mistake.
Matt, you missed one.
Culberson said “… but not criminal prosecution” not “…criminal procedure” as the Chron has.
Pretty sad when a newspaper’s own employees can’t be bothered to read and edit their own product.
There are several here that want to ignore the facts just make sure the innocent (BP) are prosecuted and the guilty (powder sender) walk free.
Hang in there Ed, John and Ted as sutton, gonzales,patron boosh, cronyn, mccall are going down in BORDERGATE.
For that matter, does anyone bother to read it after it goes out?
But hey, that may not be a bad idea. If they hired a proofreader, it would effectively double their readership.
Does anyone else think its funny that many of you guys are mocking the Chron’s errors while also misspelling Culberson? There is no T in Culberson…
People tend to make mistakes while they are in a panic.
Think about it; their readership is plummeting and there is talk that their role mode, the New York Times, may not be printing in another five years. People are beginniing to wake up to the problems of illegal immigration and taxes. If it weren’t for the conservative base not showing up for the RINO’s last November, they’d probably be hysterical by now, and the Chronicle would even more resemble a ransom note.
Culberson, D-Houston? Egads, the Democrats really did take over Congress.
Don’t the Chron’s computers have spell check?
Speaking of Culberson, he will be on Rush Limbaugh’s show at 1:00 today (our time). The guy substituting for Rush today is good.
Culberson will also be on Lew Dobb’s show (CNN) at 5:35 p.m. (our time) this afternoon.
#16
BTW, Rush’s show is on 950 am KTRH.
OKAY! One more time 740am. Sheesh!
I think an aget is somewhat like a shooting star.
And did you notice in the article about Mayor White’s daughter? Apprently, there are “driving-while-intoxicated statues”. Personally, beyond the white crosses on the side of the road, I’ve never seen a monument to the almighty DWI.
Maybe they started hiring some of those annoying kids on the net that always talk like “yo whut u doin 2 nite”
I still dont trust Culbuttson.
He is NAFTA’r, CATFA’r, NAU’r until he saw people hated it.
The title should be that the government made up stories.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54132
Papa Ray