2005: The Year in Errors and Corrections
Oops, they did it again: It’s the time for round-up lists of the year’s whatevers, and Regret the Error is out with its list of 2005’s worst and funniest errors and corrections from the mainstream media. Here’s the Correction of the Year for 2005, as published in the Denver Daily News on July 27:
The Denver Daily News would like to offer a sincere apology for a typo in Wednesday’s Town Talk regarding New Jersey’s proposal to ban smoking in automobiles. It was not the author’s intention to call New Jersey ‘Jew Jersey.’
First Runner-Up
From the Dallas Morning News:
Norma Adams-Wade’s June 15 column incorrectly called Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk a socialist. She is a socialite.
Second Runner-Up
This jolly typo/correction comes from the Liverpool Daily News in England:
Technology has revolutionised most of our lives in recent years and the media has particularly benefited from developments in IT and communications. But all technology should always be treated with a degree of caution. This was a lesson brought into sharp focus last week following a review of the Welsh National Opera’s double bill performance of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at the Empire Theatre. The problem arose when the computer spell checker did not recognise the term “WNO” (Welsh National Opera). A slip of the finger caused it to be replaced with the word “winos”. All stories in the Daily Post go through a series of checks for error, but unfortunately this one slipped through the net. It just goes to show that it’s hard to beat the good, old-fashioned dictionary.
For more errors, corrections, typos (“beef panties” from Reuters) and other examples that the MSM has lost it big time, check out the site here.