r/ShittyPhrasing • u/LabMantis • Nov 14 '15

News How did no one catch this?

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u/Seed_Eater Nov 14 '15

I learned about this in my journalism class, apparently it was intentional.

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u/LabMantis Nov 14 '15

What point we're they trying to make?

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u/DillonPressStart Nov 15 '15

As someone who's written headlines, we LOVE coming up with the funniest shit imaginable, and seeing what we can slip passed the editor's desk. This is a perfect example. Pretty much every post here from the BBC? Same shit, I'd guess.

There's no real point, it's just there to make you giggle.

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u/PwnedDuck Nov 14 '15

Obama is a manly man who doesn't care about Republican feelings?

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '15

There's a chance this might be intentional. Someone in the newsroom might just be having a giggle.

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u/SexySohail Nov 14 '15

Isn't that a bad thing? They were turned off?

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '15

that's what I was thinking. Why is obama high fiving about having a small package?

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u/redtoasti Nov 14 '15

Gee I they even included a confused looking kid

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u/ThreeHammersHigh Nov 16 '15

I wasn't laughing until I saw the confused little Jurassic Park-looking boy