Local Stations Have a Difficult Time Reporting Shellshock Bug

By Kevin Eck 

Deadspin posted this supercut of local TV newsers attempting to inform viewers about a “potentially catastrophic bug in the Bash shell.”

“Bash” is not a bug; it’s a shell, or a specific type of program inherent to Unix-based computers that allows for the input of commands. The “X” in “OS X” is a Roman numeral (and “Mac” was removed from the title of the operating system two years ago). And as for how “Linux” is pronounced, well, argue that down in the comments.

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