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(AP)   MSNBC apologizes for adding extra 'g' to Niger Innis' name. No not his last name.   (gopbi.com) divider line
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ThePimpler  
2002-02-07 3:44:27 PM  
not first
 
bmw777  
2002-02-07 3:46:49 PM  
yeah,so?
 
hoosier  
2002-02-07 3:46:52 PM  
Oh Niger pleazzzzz.....
 
Legman  
2002-02-07 3:48:37 PM  
"The media is sick and needs help badly." - Tammy Fay Baker circa late 80's.
Most of the national media is lazy. Their idea of research is a Lexis/Nexis scan. Wasn't it Niger's dad who was on that infamous Geraldo show with the chair-throwing brawl?
Just some random thoughts.
 
EmJSea  
2002-02-07 3:48:46 PM  
those damn "atractive and sucesful african americans"
 
AlgertMan  
2002-02-07 3:49:39 PM  
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
 
RyeDragon  
2002-02-07 3:49:51 PM  
got to love those spell checkers that automatically change things the way MS thinks they ought to be.
 
Smookyfufu  
2002-02-07 3:49:59 PM  
Yay! let the black and fried chicken jokes commence! Lets all be "mature" farkers :)
 
ratbert  
2002-02-07 3:50:07 PM  
>``Oh, God, I thought you guys thought I was a rapper or something,''

He has a good sense of humor.
 
matzug  
2002-02-07 3:50:36 PM  
who the hell names their kid Nigerg???
 
SLAYERSWINE  
2002-02-07 3:50:40 PM  
But is he one ?
 
kapital  
2002-02-07 3:51:27 PM  
Shouldn't they have a spellchecker to auto-correct that to "African American Innis"?
 
real remon  
2002-02-07 3:51:44 PM  
*blink*
 
baconFarker  
2002-02-07 3:51:49 PM  
i wonder how many comments will be along these lines:

it was a mistake, i dont see whats wrong with that.
 
digitalchris  
2002-02-07 3:52:25 PM  
I love how the article refrains from actually printing the misspelling, just hinting and teasing:

The network on Monday aired an interview about the Enron case with Republican consultant Niger Innis. The onscreen graphic identifying Innis, who is black, had an extra ``g'' in his first name.

Hmm an extra g in the name Niger. GNiger? Nigerg? Nigegr?
 
MyNameIsMofuga  
2002-02-07 3:53:07 PM  
Oh, God, I thought you guys thought I was a rapper or something,'' Innis replied. ``Media bias continues. Just kidding. It's not the first time it's happened, but hopefully it's the last.''
He is one funny motherfarker!!!
 
meade2001  
2002-02-07 3:53:36 PM  
Thank God he had a sense of humor and isn't suing or anything.
 
SilentObserver  
2002-02-07 3:53:54 PM  
If this is something that happens often, why wouldn't he just change his name?
 
matzug  
2002-02-07 3:54:07 PM  
Someone got their pink slip. Either that or they are demoted to custodian toilet duties.
 
mytwocents  
2002-02-07 3:54:24 PM  
So I figgure that this gguy understood why MSNBC did this after hearing the name of the correspondent Gregg Jarrett. I guess he thougght that Gregg always used 2 g's.....no?
 
Nonsuch  
2002-02-07 3:54:26 PM  
If you were typing the name "Niger" for an onscreen graphic, wouldn't you take extra special care not to make a mistake?
 
ctenidae  
2002-02-07 3:55:01 PM  
Maybe it said G Niger, and they DID think he was a rapper.
Or, perhaps the terrorists have already won.
 
A_Pinkus  
2002-02-07 3:55:02 PM  
"Yay! let the black and fried chicken jokes commence! Lets all be "mature" farkers :)"

Fashizzle my Nizzle!
 
ctenidae  
2002-02-07 3:55:05 PM  
Maybe it said G Niger, and they DID think he was a rapper.
Or, perhaps the terrorists have already won.
 
puckhead  
2002-02-07 3:55:19 PM  
a) quick, someone call James Earl Ray/Jones
b) what kind of black (african American) parents would name their child Niger? that's worse than a boy named Sue.
c) good sense of humour on Mr Innis "I thought you guys thought I was a rapper or something"
 
chemmie  
2002-02-07 3:56:03 PM  
They are lucky he isnt a liberal. The liberals would have MSNBC for lunch if he was.
 
bass555  
2002-02-07 3:56:19 PM  
Silent Observer: My mind reels at what suggestions my fellow Farkers will come up with for a name change. How about "Remus?"
 
matzug  
2002-02-07 3:56:52 PM  
People mis-spell my last name all the time. I honestly don't know where the problem lies.
 
Botsuraku_Hato  
2002-02-07 3:56:55 PM  
And I'm sure the Caucasian male named, Mr. Whitney has the "n" in is name accidentally missingall when he appears on MSNBC...

That silly letter N!

Seriously, MSNBC...Could you fyck this up any worse?
 
Botsuraku_Hato  
2002-02-07 3:58:30 PM  
*slap* Please insert all the time and...uh

and did I mention it's Black History month? ...The shortest month of the year...
 
rtreynor  
2002-02-07 3:59:17 PM  
TV Graphics guy: wouldn't it be funny if we ran it this way?
TV Producer guy: We just ran it
TV Graphics guy: oh shiat.
 
mytwocents  
2002-02-07 4:01:41 PM  
Well.....it IS a country in Africa.......

not that I think naming your kid that would be a good idea.....but as an African native, I thought I'd throw that in....
No, I was not born in Niggggger, I mean Niger
 
Christopher_Walken  
2002-02-07 4:01:57 PM  
and I present to you the picture

[image from the-rob.com too old to be available]

(if this doesn't work you can beat me)
 
Benjamin  
2002-02-07 4:02:23 PM  
[image from boortz.com too old to be available]

Couldn't get this into the queue as a Followup...
 
SnipDaddyDad  
2002-02-07 4:02:45 PM  
SmookyFoo,

Please, dear sir, provide us with an intellectual treatise on racial harmony, the derogatory nature of what many classify as humor, and the oppression through the ages of the darker humans by the Europeans and their descendents.

This is a fine forum for that.
 
efot  
2002-02-07 4:04:43 PM  
I guess I won't name my kid "Ashole"
 
Zombie Zero  
2002-02-07 4:04:48 PM  
What they don't mention is that after they added the extra G, they mixed the rest of the letters up, giving him the name "Ginger Innis".
 
Christopher_Walken  
2002-02-07 4:05:03 PM  
He's a republican, where is the NewsMax article saying it's all Clinton's fault?
 
J777D  
2002-02-07 4:05:36 PM  
People screw up my first name all the time.
It pisses me off. It's easy... C-r-a-c-k-e-u-r
 
RocketRod  
2002-02-07 4:05:46 PM  
C'mon....


NO ONE has a screen cap of this?!?!?!
 
chemmie  
2002-02-07 4:07:23 PM  
Farker Pbtx is somewhere, plotting his lawsuit against MSNBC for blatent racism.
 
Ouroborus  
2002-02-07 4:08:02 PM  
I'm changing my real name to Whitey Cracka III
 
SomeCallMeTim  
2002-02-07 4:08:15 PM  
Loud applause for Mr. Innis. Too bad more people aren't as understanding.
 
Victoly  
2002-02-07 4:09:10 PM  
I wonder what Jesse Jackson will have to say about this.

Then again, seeing as how this is "Republican consultant Niger Innis" we're talking about here, it'll probably be along the lines of "fark Niger Innis! Uncle Tom nubian!"

And for all the people who wonder "Who could name their child Niger?", I reply, "The same kind of people who could name their girl Vagina." (like Gina with a va- in front)
 
Jobe  
2002-02-07 4:09:46 PM  
He does have a rapper name: It's poch money
 
RocketRod  
2002-02-07 4:09:48 PM  
Wow... THAT was quick!
 
mytwocents  
2002-02-07 4:10:45 PM  
I knew a guy named Mike Litt.....really......the problem wasn't spelling it, it was saying it......he preferred to go by Michael.....
 
mytwocents  
2002-02-07 4:11:29 PM  
This brings back Dolores memories from Seinfeld.....
 
JOHNDX  
2002-02-07 4:11:47 PM  
attractive and successful African-American Innis

hahahaha
 
Jobe  
2002-02-07 4:11:54 PM  
before the flaming begins I am a minority as well. so don't bother.

Niger did take it quite well. I would have been pissed.
 
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