Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Reuters pulls a Homer on 1st Amendment
Earlier today, a Reuters article which referred to a poll that showed Americans knew more about the Simpsons cartoon than the 1st Amendment also showed that the news agency was equally as clueless.
Originally, Americans' answer to what are your rights? 'D'oh' contained this line:
Some participants displayed comical ignorance such as the 38 percent who believed the right to self-incrimination -- "taking the 5th" in lawyer lingo -- was granted by the First Amendment rather than the Fifth.
Comical indeed.
Corrected version including note:
(Please read in ninth paragraph...the right not to incriminate yourself...instead of...the right to self-incrimination....)
Some participants displayed comical ignorance such as the 38 percent who believed the right not to incriminate yourself -- "taking the 5th" in lawyer lingo -- was granted by the First Amendment rather than the Fifth.
Silly Reuters, Americans don't need no stinkin' Constitution to allow them to self-incriminate themselves.
Just ask this guy.
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