st. paul, st. pete, same thing
tommyCBS News anchor Katie Couric mistakenly said that the GOP convention was going to be in Minneapolis, when it will really be in St. Paul. The Pioneer Press was appalled:
Minneapolis is a fine city, but it is 10 or so miles from the [Xcel Energy Center]. Couric and CBS join a long list of Giants of Journalism who have gotten their geography wrong.
Couric, like the other erring Giants, lives in that great city along the Hudson River in New York State — the city we like to call Newark.
Heh. Of course, Couric apologized.
But she would get the same here if she referred to the local baseball team as the Tampa Rays.
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August 6th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Yeah, the giants of journalism, on sportscenter, always have the Rays playing in Tampa. I’ve even seen telecasts where the blimp was showing the Pier in downtown St. Pete while the commentators were talking about how beautiful downtown Tampa looked from high above. Can’t figure out why they never refer to the Packers as playing in Green. Sad that journalists don’t even care about facts, ain’t it?
August 6th, 2008 at 10:33 am
On Friday night the BBC, the ‘Giants of British Journalism,’ reported that the Uhurus caused a disturbance at the Obama rally at Gibbs High in Miami. Miami? Damn! We were so close to a little bit of international press and they missed it by 250 miles!
August 6th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
My understanding is that the resentment between the “Twin Cities” of Minneapolis and St. Paul makes the relationship between Hillsborough and Pinellas seem downright passionate…if you can imagine that.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:48 am
What are St. Paul, St. Pete, Ft. Worth, Oakland, and Tacoma without their kin