hearst

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:01 AM -0400 10/7/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>CNN's Kyra Phillips was reporting a moment ago on ceremonies surrounding the
>return of the casket of a dead soldier from Afghanistan.  She explained that
>the casket "is about to be placed on the hearst."
>
>Of course I assumed that the excrescent T was just a slip (after all,
>_Citizen Kane_ was on TCM last night!).  But then she said it again very
>clearly: / hrst /.  And again.
>
>
>JL

Wonder if there was interference from _Citizen Hearst_, an excellent
biography of the latter by Swanberg.  Presumably no pun was actually
intended.

LH

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