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[[File:CowboyBebopClip.jpg|link=Cowboy Bebop|frame|For starters, that's a girl. Her name is [[Gender Blender Name|Ed]]. 'Cowboy' is slang for 'bounty hunter,' the profession of the [[Five-Man Band]]. The main character, Spike, is a man with black hair impossible to mistake for her. 'Bebop' is the name of the ship. In both cases, it's Bebop, not [[CamelCase|BeBop]]. There's only a monitor in that shot, and [[Computer Equals Monitor|it's not the whole computer]]. There are two correct words in the image; 'At', and '[[Bandai Entertainment|Bandai]]', which was the US distributor of the series.]]

{{quote| '''''Knoll's Law of Media Accuracy:''' Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for that rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge.''}}

Sometimes, it seems, the entire process of fact-checking gets left out of the newsmaking process -- speciallyprocess—specially when it comes to Those Damn Youngsters' Pop Culture.

Compare [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch]], [[New Media Are Evil]]. (If you find yourself constantly annoyed by this kind of thing, you probably believe [[Old Media Are Evil]]). For claims made [[In-Universe]] that are blatantly inaccurate, see [[Critical Research Failure]].