October 06, 2004

Geeky prankstership

Well now. During the debate, Mr. Cheney suggested that one could verify the facts about Halliburton at a site called FactCheck.com.

They know that if you go, for example, to factcheck.com, an independent Web site sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, you can get the specific details with respect to Halliburton.

Try it. It's too funny.

He meant FactCheck.org, which is indeed run out of the University of Pennsylvania. Com versus Org: a common mistake.


Thanks to Kevin Drum for pointing this out.

Update: How'd they do that? Here's the scoop.

Posted by Linkmeister at October 6, 2004 12:01 AM
Comments

Bwah!! I taped the debate, but haven't had a chance to watch it yet; I'm almost afraid to read any blogs in case there are spoilers. ;) They didn't have to bleep Cheney, did they?

Posted by: Sue at October 5, 2004 10:50 PM

That is just precious!!

Posted by: bunny at October 6, 2004 03:39 AM

<grins> It's a genuine irony.

Posted by: ruminator at October 6, 2004 04:01 AM

Oh, it's deliberate, Rumi. At the start of the debate it went to an educational site, but somebody did a redirect. Read the comments at Drum's site.

Posted by: Linkmeister at October 6, 2004 08:53 AM