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Friday, August 28, 2009
News Bet no one caught Channel 9's gaffe
Posted By Cheris Hodges on Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:50 PM
"Famous," Websters defines this word as:
1 a : widely known b : honored for achievement
2 : excellent, first-rate <famous weather for a walk>
"Infamous," Websters defines this word as:
1 : having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
infamous traitor> 2 : causing or bringing infamy : disgraceful
infamous crime> 3 : convicted of an offense bringing infamy
Which word would you use to describe Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech?
On the Noon news on Channel 9, Natalie Pasquarella said with a smile on her face that today was the 46th anniversary of King's "infamous" speech.
WTF? Infamous [see the above definition] isn't a word that should be used to describe King's speech.
Of course, you really can't put all the blame on the air-headed anchorwoman because she didn't write the script. But it seems as if she should've had sense enough to know that King's speech is famous not infamous.
Infamous:
Someone at Channel 9 needs a thesaurus and a few more brain cells.
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