just because we don’t get to correct the Associated Press as much as we’d like, everything counts.

in the story about the nick berg hostage ordeal which ultimately ended in his death by head removal, the AP reports:

“The video is of poor quality, and its time stamp seems to show an 11-hour lapse between when the assailants finish their statement and push Berg down, to when they behead him. That suggests a delay between those two portions of tape posted on the Web site.”

but upon further inspection of the still photos from the tape (link - dont worry, it’s tame), the difference in the video timeframe seems to be because of the use of 2 cameras, and in fact, the beheading did not take 11 hours.

it seems this jackalope reporter didn’t realize how completely ridiculous an 11-hour beheading would be. 8 hours maybe. but 11? give me a break

thanks to jallow for pointing it out.

Mexican Air Force Captures Footage of UFOs

i know i’ve been tough on the mexican air force lately, so perhaps this will be their long-awaited moment in the sun.

i guess they were flying around, saw lights (only a few of which showed up on radar), and felt compelled to say, “I believe they could feel we were pursuing them.”

i think the mexican air force’s investigative division needs to probe the situation and figure out how much tequila was in the cockpit at the time.

Singer John Whitehead Shot Dead, Said Fred

remember how i lovingly paid tribute to McFadden & Whitehead a while back? singers of “aint no stoppin us now”?

remember? no? click here

whitehead was apparently working on his car with a friend, and then proceeded to get capped in the neck. ouch. the police have no leads whatsoever, so an angry mcfadden decided to take things into his own hands. tense and rabid, mcfadden warned the philly community, “if the killer doesn’t turn himself in by high noon thursday, i’m going back into the studio.”

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