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Don't tell me this is auto correct, KOMO. Just negligent!



KOMO news posts on X about the cuts for public broadcasting but it got the letters all wrong.  One of the worst mistakes I have seen in this era of nobody checks anything.  It was CPB, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, NOT CBS.   Somebody needs to be shown the door for this insipid, inexcusable mistake that remains up despite numerous comments on X

"After being targeted by the Trump administration, CBS announced it will shut down operations at the end of the year - including longstanding institutions NPR and PBS - after Congress voted to cut $1.1 billion in funding." They finally took it down after three plus hours. I called it in.

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  1. IDC9August 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM

    As someone who makes more than his fair share of typos, I have to say that this is an especially bad typo. CBS and the CBP are two very different organizations, and should not be confused for one another. If they haven't already, KOMO needs to fess up and correct this error as soon as possible.

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  2. Wayne LAugust 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM

    Far more than a typo on a story alive for several days

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    1. IDC9August 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM

      I'd like to believe that the author of the post did not intend to misidentify the CBP and that it was initially a typo. However, the fact that KOMO didn't come through and correct it quickly, especially once people started calling them out for it, morphed it into a much bigger mistake.

      Thank you for calling the error into KOMO and getting them to finally fix it. It is things like this that make having a watchdog keeping an eye on our local media organizations so important.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 3, 2025 at 6:38 AM

    No doubt, the person responsible for overseeing this is working part time.
    Rich

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