Update: Yasser Barack Guardian
UPDATE: It’s not Ros Taylor’s baby. She tells us that she has not given birth to a new hope yet and is but four months into her pregnancy.
Ros has yet to put her name down for any baby names. Indeed, before doing so she may like to consult with Laurence Y Payg, an expert in such matters.
Jemima Kiss points out our error in not investigating her twitter annoucement.
So whose little Barack is it? He does exist, right?
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THE Deputy editor of the Guardian’s Comment Is Free site (Ros Taylor?) A Guardian writer has given their newborn child the middlename… Barack. Says Jemima Kiss (see comments):
Beyond parody: “Matt Seaton is editor of Comment is free. He is the author of three books on cycling.” Wanna see a picture?
Posted: 7th, November 2008 | In: Media, Photojournalism Comments (13) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
November 7th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
barack to square one then….
November 7th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Have you you put your name down for a good name, Ros? So not you. An error. We should not have speculated and apologise. Congratulations, though, on your pregnancy - hope all goes well.
Jermima Kiss writes:
Interested to see my tweet picked up by you yesterday… I know all too well how useful Twitter is as a source for stories. But I do wish you’d checked with me because you’ve named the wrong people in your story. My mistake for including the (wrong) job title.
I know there’s an old media attitude that if it’s on Twitter, it’s fair game, but in reality our Twitter posse is quite amiable and you don’t expect quotes to be used elsewhere in any way that might upset people.
Anyway, it’s no biggie. But just ping me to check the details next time.
Jemima
November 7th, 2008 at 8:03 am
I am the deputy editor of Comment is Free, I’m four months pregnant, and therefore have not named my unborn child.
November 7th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Ah so! Baracks indeed. Baraks and noodle with soy sauce? You want soy sauce?
November 7th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Whata load of Baracks !
November 6th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Sharp, aren’t I, especially this time of night , and been emptying the wine boxes
November 6th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
June! Have you been in the knife-box? lol
November 6th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Not really too sure if I’d want a son called after servicemens quarters, but there you go
November 6th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
It’s an improvement on Peaches.
Just about…
November 6th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Of course it just had to be a bloody Guardian Editor who has a baby on the historical night and calls it Barack!
There would have been none of that down the Telegraph offices! Let me just assure everyone of that.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Whole new version of ‘dickhead’ there then
November 6th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
It is too fantastic
November 6th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
“He is the author of three books on cycling”
He needs a trick cyclist