Newspaper Errors

A newspaper is a daily marvel, even a miracle. There are 1,730 of
them published daily in the United States with a combined circulation
of nearly 62 million. Limitless possibilities exist for error, human
and mechanical. Add the crushing pressure of deadlines, and it's
surprising there aren't more mistakes.When goofs do occur, editors scurry to print corrections, even though we often prefer the misprint to the corrected version.Here just a few samples:
1.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are one of hundreds of parachuting enthusiasts
who bought our Easy Sky Diving book, please make the following
correction: on page 8, line 7, the words "state zip code" should have
read "pull rip cord."2. It was incorrectly reported last Friday
that today is T-shirt Appreciation Day. In fact, it is actually Teacher
Appreciation Day.3. There was a mistake in an item sent in two
weeks ago which stated that Ed Burnham entertained a party at crap
shooting. It should have been trap shooting.4.From a California
bar association's newsletter: Correction -- the following typo appeared
in our last bulletin: "Lunch will be gin at 12:15 p.m." Please orrect
to read "12 noon."5. We apologize to our readers who received,
through an unfortunate computer error, the chest measurements of
members of the Female Wrestlers Association instead of the figures on
the sales of soybeans to foreign countries.6. In Frank Washburn's March column, Rebecca Varney was erroneously identified as a bookmaker. She is a typesetter.7.
There are two important corrections to the information in the update on
our Deep Relaxation professional development program. First, the
program will include meditation, not medication. Second, it is
experiential, not experimental.8. Our article about Jewish burial customs contained an error: Mourners' clothing is rent -- that is, torn -- not rented.9.
In the City Beat section of Friday's paper, firefighter Dwight Brady
was misidentified. His nickname in the department is "Dewey." Another
firefighter is nicknamed "Weirdo." We apologize for our mistake.10.
Just to keep the record straight, it was the famous Whistler's Mother,
not Hitler's, that was exhibited. There is nothing to be gained in
trying to explain how this error occurred.11. Our newspaper
carried the notice last week that Mr. Oscar Hoffnagle is a defective on
the police force. This was a typographical error. Mr. Hoffnagle is, of
course, a detective on the police farce.12. Yesterday we
mistakenly reported that a talk was given by a bottle-scared hero. We
apologize for the error. We obviously meant that the talk was given by
a battle-scarred hero.13. In a recent edition, we referred to
the chairman of Chrysler Corporation as Lee Iacoocoo. His real name is
Lee Iacacca. The Gazette regrets the error.14. Apology: I
originally wrote, "Woodrow Wilson's wife grazed sheep on front lawn of
the White House." I'm sorry that typesetting inadvertently left out the
word "sheep."15. In one edition of today's Food Section, an
inaccurate number of jalapeno peppers was given for Jeanette Crowley's
Southwestern chicken salad recipe. The recipe should call for two, not
21, jalapeno peppers.16. The marriage of Miss Freda vanAmburg
and Willie Branton, which was announced in this paper a few weeks ago,
was a mistake which we wish to correct.