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For starters, that's a girl. Her name is 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 BeBop. There's only a monitor in that shot, and it's not the whole computer. There are two correct words in the image; 'At', and 'Bandai', which was the US distributor of the series.

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 -- 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).

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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 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.''}}
+{{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 -- specially when it comes to Those Damn Youngsters' Pop Culture.