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 For starters, that's a girl. Her name is Ed. *
Knoll's Law of Media Accuracy: Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for that rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge.
Seems like some people just can't be bothered to do any fact-checking. Let's face it — sometimes, it's not easy to do. But what about the news? Newspapers, a News Broadcast, national news...? It is literally in their job description to do at least some research, to make sure they aren't stating factual untruths.
This rule apparently doesn't apply much inside works of fiction. Maybe the news media doesn't seem to care as much about the show in question as about whatever effect it had. But that's no reason to make an error that could have been avoided by someone spending a few seconds on That Other Wiki.
This may result from the media trusting a trailer (one would think they'd have learned better by now), though it doesn't help when an Anime show has a title with little or no meaning. This is partially exemplified by Cowboy Bebop: even though the ship is called Bebop and bounty hunters are referred to as cowboys from time to time, even in that context the two words don't make much sense put together.
Compare Complaining about Shows You Don't Watch. See Gannon-Banned when it's the fans (usually trolls) that get the names wrong. I Am Not Shazam is a key Trope involved. Can sometimes reach Critical Research Failure or They Just Didn't Care proportions. Also compare Dan Browned, the version for fictional works. See New Media Are Evil. (If you find yourself constantly annoyed by this kind of thing, you probably believe Old Media Are Evil).
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alternative title(s): Fact Check Failure
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