Yes, really. Somewhere in the Reuters newsroom, an assignment editor is doing his best Beavis and Butthead imitation.
Reuters medical journalist Andrew Seaman was among the first to mock his own byline on the “French men not producing as much sperm” article.
I had to write about this study, my name’s on ít – sort of. Via @reuters_health: French men not producing as much sperm reut.rs/Vzg2NU
— Andrew M. Seaman (@andrewmseaman) December 5, 2012
People don’t think I’m real?! (see comments) MT @boingboing French spermcount down dlvr.it/2b6Hp4
— Andrew M. Seaman (@andrewmseaman) December 5, 2012
Other Twitter users couldn’t resist joining the fun. Because really, who among us doesn’t have an inner 12-year-old boy?
Look at the headline. Look at the author’s name. reut.rs/WJ2kHf (h/t @bendwalsh)
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) December 5, 2012
“French men not producing as much sperm”, by Andrew Seaman #aptbylines reut.rs/VwmYPB
— ben walsh (@BenDWalsh) December 5, 2012
Surely a joke. Or this is the one story he’s been waiting his whole life to write. Check out the byline in this storyreuters.com/article/2012/1…
— Richard James (@richjamesmetro) December 5, 2012
Another classic of nominative determinism here: reuters.com/article/2012/1…
— Paul Hearns (@Paul_Hearns) December 5, 2012
The right man for the job! “@lucytweet1: LOOK AT THE BYLINE French men not producing as much sperm reut.rs/WHP19V via @reuters”
— Sue Truslove (@Suebloss) December 5, 2012
Indeed.
