Gay Talese Will Not Like This News
Over at washingtonpost.com, Mary Ann Akers spots an interesting computer glitch that has produced interesting results:
The American Family Association obviously didn’t foresee the problems that might arise with its strict policy to always replace the word “gay” with “homosexual” on the Web site of its Christian news outlet, OneNewsNow. The group’s automated system for changing the forbidden word wound up publishing a story about a world-class sprinter named “Tyson Homosexual” who qualified this week for the Beijing Olympics.
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