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CNN, No need to text message me a retraction.

Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 05:55:35 PM PDT

5:07 PM (PST): Barack Obama wins the Mississippi Democratic primary, CNN projects.

5:18 PM (PST): Correction: Exit polls show Obama leading Clinton in Mississippi.  CNN has not projected this race.

5:42 PM (PST): CNN projects that Sen. Barack Obama will win the Mississippi Democratic Primary.

I know, I know.  You're not supposed to call them too early.  But was this correction really breaking news worth the text message?

In other news, notice how they changed the wording between the first announcement of his winning and the real one.  He went from "Barack Obama" to "Sen. Barack Obama."  He went from the present tense "wins" to the future tense "will win."  And he, uh, went from the subject of the sentence to the direct object.  CNN, please explain the cosmic significance of this rewording.

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