At least one major media outlet has unwittingly tried to top the scorn and unwanted publicity that ESPN received when the network tried — and failed — to stop a potential firestorm by removing a broadcaster who happens to have the same name as the most decorated Confederate general from calling a University of Virginia football game next month.
In the wake of the Worldwide Leader in Sports' decision to reassign Asian-American broadcaster Robert Lee from calling UVA's tilt against in-state rival the College of William and Mary, it apparently took the international news agency Reuters at least three times to produce an accurate headline via social media:
BOSTON — The pending federal indictment of Evelyn Medina, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles clerk busted last month in connection with an alleged fraudulent driver's license and identity-theft ring tailored to illegal aliens, won't likely be handed down until October — if at all — especially given the potential for a plea agreement.
UPDATE — Thursday, 11:20 a.m. — The presiding judge has granted the extension:
