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For starters, that's a girl. Her name is . 'Cowboy' is slang for 'bounty hunter,' the profession of the . The main character, Spike, is a man with black hair impossible to mistake for her. 'Bebop' is the name of the ship. In both cases, it's Bebop, not BeBop. There's only a monitor in that shot, and . There are two correct words in the image; 'At', and '', which was the US distributor of the series.

For starters, that's a girl. Her name is Ed. 'Cowboy' is slang for 'bounty hunter,' the profession of the Five-Man Band. The main character, Spike, is a man with black hair impossible to mistake for her. 'Bebop' is the name of the ship. In both cases, it's Bebop, not BeBop. There's only a monitor in that shot, and it's not the whole computer. There are two correct words in the image; 'At', and 'Bandai', which was the US distributor of the series.

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 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.

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Sometimes, it seems, the entire process of fact-checking gets left out of the newsmaking process—specially when it comes to Those Damn Youngsters' Pop Culture.

Any news media outlet that's Shown Their Work will almost always be an aversion of this process. Particularly if they couldn't be bothered with the research, stating a factual untruth would not go over well with their base.

Compare Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch, New Media Are Evil, and Dan Browned. (If you find yourself constantly annoyed by this kind of thing, you probably believe Old Media Are Evil). Careful about the Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment.

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