Slips of the tongue
Bookworm on May 21 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Media matters
The media adored it when Ronald Reagan or Dan Quayle, or George Bush (actually both George Bushes) made gaffes. Whether they misspelled a word, got confused about a fact, or mispronounced something (or used a regional pronunciation, these gaffes were news. The old media, the TV and newspapers, trumpeted the gaffes in prominent places (top [...]










