Dallas Morning News Metro columnist James Ragland has written both a blog post and a column about Angela Hunt’s new baby girl, Audrey Belle. However, both times he refers to her husband, Paul, as Paul Hunt. The baby, he says, is Audrey Belle Hunt.
Only problem? A quick Google search got me this post, and a DCAD perusal also showed the same thing: Paul’s last name is Sims. Even a quick search of the Baylor Babies page shows an Audrey S. was born to Angela H.
So how did the column make it past the copy desk?
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@Bethany I heard all the good DMN copy editors left to open a Subway franchise.
Copy editors laid off. Pubic none the wiser.
As usual, the pubic is in the dark.
I thought her husband was named Mike.
In Ragland’s defense, this never would’ve happened if we had not given women the vote. Keeping your own name is such a radical feminist, new-fangled concept. I blame Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton for this error.
By the way, Tim, you’re half right on this one. For you, that’s pretty darn good.
I only referred to Hunt’s husband as Paul in my column — not Paul Hunt or Paul Sims.
In a blog post, I did initially write “Angela and Paul Hunt.” My bad. Now, given that the couple is going with different last names, I should’ve clarified the last name with Hunt. I wrote down Audrey Belle Hunt in my notes, but I may have written down “Hunt” instinctively. I saw the “Audrey S.” on the baby registry but I don’t want to make an assumption that it’s correct; so I’ve done what I need to do, which is to leave messages for Angela to see if baby’s name is A.B. Sims, A.B. Hunt, A.B. Sims-Hunt, A.B. Hunt-Sims.
Whew.
Keep up the good fight. And please invite me to your wedding (to Troy).
Aww, shucks, pookie pants.
I know names are tough for you. So I’ll help you with a little primer on how to tell Tim Rogers and Bethany Anderson apart, James.
Bethany can’t grow a mustache like Tim.
Bethany has a lot more hair on her head than Tim.
Bethany does not have a wife.
Bethany did not eat spring rolls with Eric Celeste last Sunday night.
But most of all, the difference is our names, which are found with our blog posts. This one? Mine.
But like I said, names are tough. I’ll spot you this one.
Did Bethany just “pookie pants,” the first such pookie panting since her return to Frontburner?
*corks popping*
*standing, clapping*
Gosh, Jimmy just cop to the error and move on, no need to drag Tim into this…
Glad mom and baby are doing fine. But I never want to read how many centemeters someone is dialated. My wife would have murdered me if I ever Tweeted something like that when our kids were born. Of course, we would have had to use a telegraph since it was some time ago. That said, the only details I want about this type of thing is that the baby and mom are fine and how much the kid weighs. Spare me the rest of the details.
@James Ragland: Bu now you’ve probably come to the realization that it was Bethany, not I, who authored this post. But I’ll still save a dance for you at the wedding reception.
That’s cute, Bethany. And since we now know how much you like seeing your name in print, I’ll say it again, Bethany.
Bethany.
Enough said. I still say Tim Rogers wrote it and I’m warning you now not to come between Tim and me at the wedding. No cutting in.
Seriously, guys. Grow up. It’s not like I called Audrey Belle Cesar Chavez. And even though I do know Hunt’s husband’s name, it’s not like he’s in the paper every…..year. So it’s a cheap shot to suggest that someone on the copy desk necessarily should’ve said, “Hey, wait. Didn’t Angela Hunt’s husband keep his surname when they got married?” I wrote the column and I’ll make sure the record’s right on this. Thank you, sir; you, too, Tim.
(Note to Too Much Information: I joked with Angela about her hubby’s tweets and she said he cleared them all with her.)
New marketing campaign for the DMN: “Not accurate, just close. Grow up.” That is GENIUS.
It’s completely out of the question for someone at the copy desk to assume that the husband kept his surname? Really?
Just for clarification, in his last post, JR managed to call Tim gay, Bethany an attention whore (and a man?) and baby Sims a Mexican-American Labor Leader?
I think your summarization is pretty much spot on, Whiskey.
It could’ve been worse, I ’spose. He could’ve called me the regular kind of whore.
Just to confuse the record, I feel I should point out that the above posts were that by “that” James Ragland, but by a clever impostor.*
Tagline for FB’s comments section: Not Reliable Narrators, Just This Side of Slander. Why Grow Up?
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* Or were they? You decide.
were not by “that” James Ragland
because after all, if it were really him, would he say this:
Doubtful.*
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* Or is it? You be the judge.
Objection, asked and answered.