Probably meant to type “Dude” and had a left finger-right finger moment.
This is a mangled version of an AP story. It only reproduces the first three paragraphs of a 17-paragraph article. The name of the assassin is not introduced until the seventh paragraph. Apart from changing “The two separate events testify …” to “The two evidence testify …” and altering the headline, the TPM article is a verbatim copy of the AP text (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bosnian-serbs-erect-statue-man-who-ignited-wwi).
To the Serbs, Gavrilo Princip may be a hero, but to everyone else he is the man responsible for most of the ills of the twentieth century: World War I, the Russian Revolution, the Soviet Union, World War II, and the Cold War. About the only thing he should be honored for is his efforts in the control of population growth.
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I know very well indeed who Princip was, thanks. (Historian here)
What struck me was that the story itself is yet another example of (To use your excellent word) mangled wire copy taking the place of story leads that could have been much better written and conveyed more meaningful context while using exactly the same number of (or fewer) words.
Is it any wonder then that average Americans of this day cannot tell you in general who Princip was, where in the world Sarajevo might be, and even more terrible, much at all about either of two World Wars? Both of which have roots in one man? Not Hitler, but Princip, It is a stark reminder that the actions of one individual, for good, or ill, can change the course of all the world.
And what do people get today? Mangled “News.” No wonder that our world is fast becoming just as mangled again.