September 2007

USA Today fact checking comes up short on Colorado State's CAM the Ram

Much has been made lately about media outlets mis-quoting sources in articles. Often the sources are surprised but a story in Friday's USA Today shows just why they shouldn't be. USA Today did an article about college sports teams with live mascots. In a sidebar in the print version of the story they identify the Colorado State University mascot as a "Bighorn Sheep". A check of the university's recent news release reports (correctly) that CAM is a Rambouillet ram.

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