Revenge of the typists

A couple weeks ago on a morning news show featuring the pope's visit to the white house, the banner across the bottom read: "Who is Pope Benedict XVI?" throughout the entire segment--a topic they were not discussing.

I forgot my headphones when I went to the gym, so was forced to resort to closed captioning. This makes me feel bad for people who rely on that for knowing exactly what's going on, because those typists are just wildly guessing a lot of the time.

Case in point: the closed captioning referred to "A Chorus Line" as "A Corrus Line" repeatedly. Later it was "Core reduce."

More disturbing case in point: closed captioning also rendered CNN anchor Sunny Hostin's name as "Sunny Holocaustin." Holocaustin!

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Overheard conversation in Portland while waiting for brunch:

Guy 1: Wait, so it's "Sheep go to heaven, goats go to hell"?

Guy 2: Yeah. Or the other way around.

Guy 1: ...

Guy2: Either way, there's no chickens.