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Oops *** What's our name again?

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

  1. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Beat me to it... :D

    Truly a classic.
     
  2. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    I've never seen a paper where the masthead wasn't a graphic instead of something you had to type in. How damn cheap can you be?
     
  3. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    I think most papers actually call the place where the Valley Newss thing appeared the flag. The masthead is where the list of editorial staff goes.
     
  4. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    I know many people at the VN. Good folks. Shit happens.
     
  5. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Or shit happenss in thiss case.
     
  6. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    When there are certain things that almost never or actually never change over the course of a year, I think a lot of people don't train ourselves to look. I'm sure a number of us normally just assume something's right or that someone behind us in the pecking order will notice and MAKE it right.

    That said, an egregious enough mistake will probably cause a lot of people to start checking everything for a while.
     
  7. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    If this involved a certain news side copy editor at the Freep who I worked with at one stop, and involved a group of people in the Mideast, it would read "Shite" happens.
     
  8. Sam Craig

    Sam Craig Member

    Still the classic of screwups. I still bust out laughing when I see that.
     
  9. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    Isn't country spelled with a o? Giggity-giggity.
     
  10. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    [​IMG]

    I think the apology is worse than the error.

    "We sure feel silly."

    It should read,

    "We are fucking morons... Please forgive us."
     
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  11. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    They were using the Gollum sspelling of newss.
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  12. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

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