Earlier this afternoon, the White House sent out this tweet announcing that the President would be speaking at 5:15 today about the situation in Libya:
Oops. Libya is, of course, spelled “L-i-b-y-a.”
It took them about a half hour to correct the mistake:
And, yea, I’ve made the same mistake myself a few times this week.
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4 responses to “White House Twitter Feed Misspells Libya”
Slow news day?
Indeed. I think perhaps this falls below the threshhold of newsworthiness.
When I saw the headline I was hoping for Labia. That would have been excellent fun.
Yes, okay, this was a throwaway post. It made me chuckle