Proofreading is a dying art
 

Newspaper Headlines:
Proofreading Fails




Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible! They put in a correction the next day.


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Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
No crap, really? Ya think?


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Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now that's taking things a bit far!


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Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
What a guy!


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Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing, lazy so-and-so's!


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Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a fair trial!


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War Dims Hope for Peace
I can see where it might have that effect!


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If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Ya think?!


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Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!


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Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!


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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?


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Man Struck By Lightning: Faces BatteryCharge
He probably IS the battery charge!


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New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren't they fat enough?!


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Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That's what he gets for eating those beans!


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Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Do they taste like chicken?


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Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!


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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Boy, are they tall!


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And the winner is...


Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

Did I read that right?

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Rep if you enjoyed these. :tiphat:

Some of those are priceless! Good stuff!

the 1st is just funny
well, except the murder/suicide part

Misplaced modifiers are hilarious.

"Can I make you a smoothie?"
"Oh god, no!"

^^ Super common

mpg went down

Yeah. I guess the shop's test drives for my clutch brought it down. It's all good, though, as I'm still in the lead.

LMFAO Now that's some good stuff. Wow, just blatent disregaurds to common grammar and punctuation are good for laugh every time!

Reminds me of some of the complaints I've read about Motortrend's website lately. Online publications are ten times worse. I've seen some really bad stuff on urbanracer.com

hahaha!

haha some of those are great. good find