Yep, that's about par for the course reporting. If it sounds ominous, it must be. I remember a small town newspaper that was all mad 10+ years ago about the master / slave IDE toggle and how it was racist. It was not an Onion article, sadly.
On a serious note, I guess the modern lesson is names are used by idiots to attack us so pick your project names carefully.
sudo cp /usr/bin/git /usr/bin/patriot
... of course that is likely not enough, as all the porcelain still says "git". ;)