AP typo labels Sen. Lieberman a “prick”

Just over two weeks after it moved an unfortunate report about Robert Novak’s retirement, AP has delivered another notable typo.

In a story about Obama’s plans for a vice presidential pick, AP noted that McCain was considering Sen. Joe Lieberman, “the Democratic vice presidential prick in 2000 who now is an independent.” (Emphasis added.) Oh dear. Here’s a screen shot of the text from the story as it appears in Google News:

And here are some of the news orgs and websites that ran the typo:

Thanks, Rick!

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