Newspaper made schoolboy error with Roger Federer win and people were quick to correct it
Congratulations to Roger Federer who won his 20th grand slam tournament at the weekend with his triumph at the Australian Open.
Here’s how the Sydney Morning Herald reported it.
Serena Williams, Margaret Court, Steffi Graf…each of them is a "person" and they've all won 20 or more Grand Slams @smh @AustralianOpen pic.twitter.com/Ng02pKuQ15
— Rachel Kleinman (@rachelekleinman) January 28, 2018
Fault!
Women don’t count?
— Therese Turner-Jones (@thereselmm) January 28, 2018
OMFG How is this still happening?
— Sarah Nadav (@sarahnadav) January 29, 2018
But Today is Eoger Federer day. Don’t try to opaque this with sexism.
— Hector Hernandez (@hectorlhm) January 28, 2018
It is a factual error. He is not the first person.
— Carol (@ccrdmrbks) January 28, 2018
It's good to see the men slowly catching up…
— Emma (@84_emma) January 29, 2018
Its fitting that the Sydney Morning herald abbreviates to smh cause im defs shakin my head at them
— 🌟noodle boy🌟 (@remi094) January 28, 2018
Reminded us of this (and because you can’t see it too often).
