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Monday's edition of New Hampshire's Valley News was the epitome of professional journalism, except for one tiny typo -- the paper's name on the front page.
As Homer Simpson would say, D'oh!
It seems that the most obvious place for an editor to, well, begin editing, was overlooked completely. The mistake was acknowledged in an Editor's note the following day. The note ended with the editor saying "for the record: We sure feel silly."
Don't be so hard on yourselves guys and gals, it could have happened to anyone...maybe...sort of. [Source: Telegraph.co.uk]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentszepheadJul 24th 2008 7:22PM
Fail.
kimJul 25th 2008 6:48AM
OH GREAT, I WASS WONDERING WHAT WASS IN THE NEWSS THISS MORNING. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT TOMORROWSS TOP STORY ISS!
jbjg24mJul 25th 2008 7:35AM
wtf? who cares??
Keith J. MohrhoffJul 25th 2008 8:25AM
When my father became a police officer in Jersey City, they issued all the new officers their I.D. cards. At the top they read, "Jersey City Police Depratment". When these new officers questioned this, rather than admit there had been a mistake made their superiors said, "That's how we'll know it's an 'official' police identification card."!!!
heatherJul 25th 2008 1:46PM
lmao
TigerlilyJul 25th 2008 8:31AM
What a waste of time that was. Who cares? Typos happen. I guess there's nothing happening out there since we have this as a headline. Stupid.
crysJul 25th 2008 8:42AM
I hate when typos like that happen. Yes, it should've been caught. Editing a newsletter, there are just times things slip past you. Sometimes a person might look at a newsletter or newspaper so much that they see it as correct, even when it isn't. One typo we had once on our newsletter nbody caught for months. Right on the front page, we had our phone number typoed. Duhhhh
pschei6821Jul 25th 2008 10:19AM
Given that the Telegraph is reporting this, it's amazing they didn't mention the Guardian newspaper, perpetually famous for spelling mistakes (including its own name) and colloquially known as The Grauniad!
Keith J. MohrhoffJul 25th 2008 10:29AM
Having worked in the computer graphics field myself, I am surprised that 'Valley News' is typed text (that could potentially be mispelled.
Since the name on a newspaper always appears in the same space on the same page, it should have been a graphic element--not a text one.
Keith J. MohrhoffJul 25th 2008 10:32AM
And leave off the last 'S'--for savings!--LOL!!
JohnJul 25th 2008 11:49AM
If they had listed their paper on TypoBounty.com, I could have told them about that error and made $2.50 for it. They wouldn't have been embarrassed and I would be $2.50 richer. They probably have a lot more errors and I could have made the money. Crap Ha Ha
John3MJul 25th 2008 11:52AM
If they had listed their paper on TypoBounty.com, I could have told
them about that error and made $2.50 for it. They wouldn't have been
embarrassed and I would be $2.50 richer. They probably have a lot
more errors and I could have made the money. Crap Ha Ha
EdJul 25th 2008 12:29PM
It's not as bad as Missouri's new license plate with the wrong spelling for "Show-Me State". No one caught the missing hyphen until production started. So until the next redesign, all our vehicles will show how dumb the Governor was for agreeing to keep it incorrect.
XSemper Idem5Jul 25th 2008 12:46PM
Spell check anyone?
bgatlakeJul 25th 2008 12:49PM
Proof of our poor quality education and ability to proof-read. Have you heard poor grammar on TV from people and among news media?
WillJul 25th 2008 2:44PM
No, but I have from your comment.
mjmelroseJul 25th 2008 1:32PM
Nobody proofreads anything at newpapers anymore -- all they do is run "spellcheck" and apparently not on headers. Articles, captions and ads are rife with spelling and grammatical/syntax errors. The keepers of our literacy are asleep at the switch and have been since they began using Word Processors.
JiggyJul 25th 2008 1:57PM
As Trump would say-- YOUR FIRED !
Cindy DyerJul 25th 2008 2:37PM
What's odd is, why should the nameplate change AT ALL from issue to issue? When I set up a header on a newsletter or magazine, it will NEVER get changed. Pretty bad editing, considering the point size is 70+ or more!
Big AngJul 26th 2008 12:15PM
You know, perhaps it was a way to sell more papers?
"Hey, look at this, it's spelled incorrectly! Let's all buy one for keeps!"