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Oops *** What's our name again?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Moderator1, Jul 23, 2008.

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  1. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Certain words you probably shouldn't misspell, one of them being your paper's name.

    http://www.regrettheerror.com/newspapers/paper-misspells-its-name-on-front-page
     
    Moderator1, Jul 23, 2008
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  2. franticscribe

    franticscribe Well-Known Member

    That just might be my favorite correction, ever.
     
    franticscribe, Jul 23, 2008
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  3. MartinEnigmatica

    MartinEnigmatica Active Member

    Wow...I bet they did feel silly. How does that happen, though? Wouldn't they lay out the page with a template and not have to touch that?
     
    MartinEnigmatica, Jul 23, 2008
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  4. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Damn designers.
     
    slappy4428, Jul 23, 2008
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  5. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    AP made a bad one about a decade ago.

    They sent a running White Sox gamer and then sent about 10 corrections within the next 30 seconds.

    The first story said "Frank Thomas likes to take pitchers deep into the count."

    The problem was, they forgot the O in "count"

    Oops.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jul 23, 2008
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  6. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    You don't want to assume anything in journalism.
     
    PeteyPirate, Jul 23, 2008
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  7. Matt1735

    Matt1735 Well-Known Member

    That's definitely not one worth repeating... and it's not very forgivable or understandable either.

    Sh*t happens, but that just can't.
     
    Matt1735, Jul 23, 2008
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  8. Frank_Ridgeway

    Frank_Ridgeway Well-Known Member

    I worked on a paper that once had to replate every single page for second edition because every single page of the first edition was dated with the wrong year. It was actually an excellent mid-major that spent quite a bit more on its editing operation than most papers its size and every page with news content had been proofed, including features sections days earlier. And none of us caught it in time. Shit happens.
     
    Frank_Ridgeway, Jul 23, 2008
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  9. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    The first paper I worked at would pass out a packet of some of the biggest fuck-ups that actually made it to print.

    It was hilarious. It was also scary as shit.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jul 23, 2008
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  10. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Did "shitload of snow fell last night" make it?
    That cutline was in a packet I got at a seminar and listed as a typo.
    Typo?
    Typo?
    What the hell were they trying to type that it came out "shitload of snow?"
     
    Moderator1, Jul 23, 2008
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  11. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Johnny Smith, Jerry Jackson, Some Fucker, Billy Wade, Jimmy Jones...
     
    Armchair_QB, Jul 23, 2008
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  12. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    One of my favorites.

    It was the cutline of a picture of some softball team that had won sone rec league title.

    Left to right... Mike Johnson, Tim Andrews, Bob Hayes, Some Fucker, Bill Mayhew, Arnold Gold, Harry Michaels...
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jul 23, 2008
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