How Do You Spell Controversy?
Two major Hispanic groups have reportedly broken journalism rule #1 -- double-check how names are spelled, especially when the name in question belongs to the man at the center of the Bush administration's biggest batch of controversies in recent memory.
According to the Potomac Flacks blog, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Latino Coalition, which is headed by Hector Barreto (who ran the Small Business Administration during Bush's first term), issued a joint press release backing embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales last week.
But Patricia Guadalupe, a reporter for the Washington Hispanic Newspaper, says the groups misspelled the AG's name. Neither organization has the press release (original or corrected) on their Web sites. A quick Google search for Alberto Gonzales (correct spelling) showed 2.9 million hits, PF says. The most common way to misspell his name is "Gonzalez" and a Google search turned up 883,000 hits.
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