Intentionally mis spelling Gun names

[maxmayhem]

Does this show bias against putting the correct name of firearm manufacturer, stupidity, inattention to detail, fear of a lawsuit...
I have noticed that the reporters many times mis spell the name of the firearm...what do you think?

At roughly 7:14 p.m., Zimmerman ends the call. Less than three minutes later, Trayvon Martin was dead from a single gunshot wound to the chest from Zimmerman's Kal-Tec 9 mm pistol, which he carried in a holster on his belt. Police arrived almost immediately and found Martin face-down and motionless in a patch of grass about 70 feet from the back porch of his father's girlfriend's house.

Trayvon Martin Case Spotlights Florida Town's History Of 'Sloppy' Police Work

 

[blamecharles]

I believe it to be simple ignorance and lack of editorial process. Since the specified link is from Huffington Post that should really be all you need to say. Might also show what is happening to our education system as well. If i was writing a piece for anything i would at least look up some details on the equipment that was used in case anyone asked about it.

 

[Stschil]

Obviously, the reporter was trying to show he knew what he was talking about.
This is evidence by the fact that the firearm was not named as a Glock or AK47 assault rifle.

 

[Bondhead88]

The Kal-Tec is the Chinese made version. Sells for $39.95 plus $1000 for shipping and handling.

 

[Stschil]

The Kal-Tec is the Chinese made version. Sells for $39.95 plus $1000 for shipping and handling.

Thought it was Cal-tec. It's been modified to no accept a magazine for sale in California.

 

[netsecurity]

Apparently it is Kel Tec PF9. I just got one of those last week! It is very thin, but since it is a 9mm, larger than a Ruger LCP.

 

[printcraft]

Apparently it is Kel Tec PF9. I just got one of those last week! It is very thin, but since it is a 9mm, larger than a Rooger LCT.

FTFY

 

[blamecharles]

Apparently it is Glock. I just got one of those last week! It is very thin, but since it is a .9mm, larger than a Glock.

FTFY

Re FIFY

 

[indykid]

At least it wasn't a "Baretta"!

To be a reporter these days, the ability to research your story before publishing is not a requirement. Editing is also not needed as spell check catches everything. Or at least that is the way some reporters think.

 

[nad63]

I've been following the case and have not passed judgement since I do not know all the evidence (although this doesn't seem to worry the media). I keep seeing older angelic pictures of Trayvon with little reference and no pictures regarding his drug dealing/suspension from school......so is he squeaky clean or not. Surely in this electronic day and age it's hard to remain anonymous?

 

[Ted]

At least it wasn't a "Baretta"!

To be a reporter these days, the ability to research your story before publishing is not a requirement. Editing is also not needed as spell check catches everything. Or at least that is the way some reporters think.

Never mind that Gun Facts ver. 6.0 is readily available to reporters as a reliable, single source to dispel common firearm myths, as well as provide a means of credibility for the media when quoting sources.

 

[Goodcat]

I loke when people right boolits

 

[red_zr24x4]

Not pertaining to the story, but I hate it when people write "Winny". It's a Winchester! Unless Pooh started a firearm company.

 

[Glock21]

Ask anyone with personal knowledge of any story that has ever been printed in a newspaper, there was some fact or detail wrong.

I have never read a story I had personal knowledge of that was 100% correct, and I have never met anyone who doesn't say the same thing.

Newspapers (and now internet reporters) do not print "truth", they print what people say.

 

[shooter521]

Not pertaining to the story, but I hate it when people write "Winny". It's a Winchester! Unless Pooh started a firearm company.

Ditto for "Remmy," "Bushy," "Izzy" etc. Or when people deliberately distort a manufacturer's name as a way of talking down about them, i.e. "Bushampster," "Remlin," "Grock," etc.

I think with reporters it's just ignorance (don't know, don't care) or carelessness; gun owners do far worse, and in many cases they DO know better!

 

[msirelan]

Just normal media stupidity they get things wrong all the time. Even the military chanel gets things wrong.

 

[shooter521]

Even the military chanel gets things wrong.

 

[INyooper]

...at least they didn't classify the PF9 as an evil deadly assault weapon.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

They call it "layers of editorial oversight" for a reason. The editors lay around overlooking things.

 

[shooter521]

They call it "layers of editorial oversight" for a reason. The editors lay around overlooking things.

Coming from a publishing background, I

Oh, and I am SO stealing that, thankyaverymuch.