That BBC headline stands..

[LAS14]

.... unchanged on bbc.com. Shouldn't they do something about that? We've seen the invitation. It wasn't from the pope. So all day people have been seeing this erroneous report... Nervous making.

The thing that makes me nervous is not the content of the headline, but that the BBC would let anything stand on a website after it's been clearly proved wrong.

[tularetom]

1. Why are you not on my ignore list yet?

No worries, that's been rectified.

[Lucinda]

2. Well at least he says in the article that he wasn't sure he'd meet the Pope.

But yep, it is inaccurate.

And it's not on their main page anymore if it was. It is on the front page of the news section though.

[JonLeibowitz]

6. He never said he was going to meet the pope.

[DrDan]

9. yes he did

[katsy]

3. Do what? You think the pope didn't give his

blessing to the list of participants?

Bernie stated in the piece he wasn't sure he'd get to meet the pope. Alls well. Sky isn't falling. Relax. Chill. Don't let this event ruin your life.

[Lizzie Poppet]

4. Well...it's pushing 10PM there, for one thing.

I've seldom, if ever, seen the Beeb change anything on the website at this time of day.

[reformist2]

5. One overly positive headline for Bernie won't destroy Hillary's chances.

Hillary fans freaking out over it might, however....

[LAS14]

7. I clarified my post with an edit.

The thing that makes me nervous is not the content of the headline, but that the BBC would let anything stand on a website after it's been clearly proved wrong.

[pat_k]

8. So it came from a close aide and representative of the Pope.

So the invitation was technically from Monsignor Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, a close aide and representative of Pope Francis,and chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (the hosts of the event.)

So what? BBC apparently views it as a distinction without a difference.


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