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“A Stand-Out Date”, or “The Importance of Proper Captions and Metadata”

By January 31, 2007 Newsworthy, Photos
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This one actually even needs a third title; “The Year That Really Lept“.

Here’s one I really haven’t seen before. I can’t imaging any photographer, photo-editor, or news editor letting this one fall through the crack, but MSNBC (and / or Fox) got some serious problems with their ability to properly caption a photograph. Appearing in response to tonight’s American Idol show, MSNBC ran the following:

Now check the Photo Caption:

In case you can’t read the small type, it says,

Los Angeles contestant Martik Manoukian on “American Idol” on Wednesday, Feb. 31.

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