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January 27, 2010

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This is the actual description of Apple’s iPad, copied verbatim from the actual iPad landing page of the actual Apple Web site:

“Our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price.”

Oh, Apple.

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Megan Garber is an assistant editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. She was formerly a CJR staff writer.