Guardian goofs that Bradley Manning — not Bradley Cooper — took Oscar selfie

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Guardian goofs that Bradley Manning — not Bradley Cooper — took Oscar selfie
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With Ellen DeGeneres' star-studded selfie taking the honors of being Twitter's most retweeted picture ever, it's hard to miss. However, the folks over at the Guardian rewrote history and reported that WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning, not Hollywood star Bradley Cooper, took the photo. Poynter reports the mistake was quickly corrected, but not fast enough to stop us from laughing. --Jordan Valinsky

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Jordan Valinsky

Jordan Valinsky is the lead writer for Speed Reads. Before joining The Week, he wrote for New York Observer's tech blog, Betabeat, and tracked the intersection between popular culture and the internet for The Daily Dot. He graduated with a degree in online journalism from Ohio University.