Re: Unfortunate Media Mistakes

[eselle28]

[mod] Wow, that is a very unfortunate spelling! I did put the post behind a spoiler tag, in case people might read this thread at work or just aren't in the right mental space to read that particular typo. [/mod]

[Guest]

This is why copy editors shouldn't be getting laid off. How on earth does this even see the light of day?!

I don't know what's worse the mistake/misspelling or the memes that spawned from it.

[WJMorris3]

[mod] Wow, that is a very unfortunate spelling! I did put the post behind a spoiler tag, in case people might read this thread at work or just aren't in the right mental space to read that particular typo. [/mod]

Thank you for doing that - that thought admittedly didn't occur to me.

[WJMorris3]

Add another reason why we need copy editors. This is from a paper in the Dominican Republic; that's supposed to be a picture of Donald Trump and a picture of Benjamin Netanyahu.

[WJMorris3]

You know, I think they could have used a better picture...

Possibly NSFW:

[Wondering]

Unless they're dog-whistling and they meant it while still being able to claim plausible deniability.

[bomaye]

A "K" represents a strikeout in baseball.



There's nothing sinister about it, it's just got bad optics if you don't know baseball

[Wondering]

I'd argue that three Ks together is sinister or inexcusably oblivious anywhere in America. 2 Ks, no, 4 Ks, no. But 3 Ks? Yes.

My point wasn't that the fans* were dog-whistling. It was that whoever's in charge of the Diamondbacks Twitter account may be.


*Middle guy's K is upside down. Did anyone else notice that?

[WJMorris3]

A note to the news media. There's a big difference between Aaron Hernandez being found hanged in his cell and Aaron Hernandez being found hung in his cell.

[Wondering]

You know, that's so weird. The verb "hanged" is changing to "hung" in common speech, but usually, it's the weak verb form (in English, that's verbs that end in -ed) that takes over the strong. Like how "pled" is changing to "pleaded," "dove" to "dived," and "shone" to "shined."

[WJMorris3]

This is a tweet by the Wall Street Journal.

[WJMorris3]

So Barack Obama got called for jury duty.

Per the story:

"Mr Obama served as an Illinois senator before his 2008 election to the White House, and is registered to vote in the capital Chicago."

Springfield would like a word with the ABC.

[DoubtfulGuest]

Hmm.

[WJMorris3]

I think firsthand is one word.

[DoubtfulGuest]

I think firsthand is one word.

It's amazing how much difference one space makes.

[WJMorris3]

Alright, I realize this is the scientific conclusion, but did they really have to make the headline:

URANUS SMELLS LIKE ROTTEN EGGS

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