Press Fail: The Geek Edition

[elfs]

Is there no one at the Chicago Tribune who can turn to his peer and say, "Can you tell what this is?" The writer at their political blog, The swamp, successfully identified Robert Gibbs dressed as Darth Vader, but how he could not identify his son dressed as Boba Fett? The caption identifies his son's character only as "a human-bot.

Comments

[herewiss13.livejournal.com]

That's really sad.

[nbarnes.livejournal.com]

Who the frak doesn't know who Boba Fett is? Or, at least, that Boba Fett is someone and they should ask a geekier co-worker about it?

[slfisher.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who works at the Chicago Tribune, and I can pass this on to him if you like.