Tag: old media

The mind boggles. A few years ago there was a young man died after falling off the battlements in an Italian fortress city. The photo one of the papers used was of him dressed as a clown. It’s not hard to crop a photo you know.

‘Attention sub-editors: No wait, we fired all the subs. Ah well. Onto the page it goes.’ This is what happens when you sluice copy and photos right off the wires and straight onto the website/page. Via.

*Parody account. I assume.

Phew. Close one. If you want to read more, see this evisceration of the poor chap.

  Much to celebrate on that front page, but my personal favourite is the editor’s email. It’s the freesheet of record, you know.

Exclamation marks! A sure sign an idiot is at the helm!!!! They got hammered over this, so naturally they ‘fixed’ it: See? It’s a nice thing, like when builders whistle and roar obscenities at a woman and reduce a human being to an object which exists solely for their visual pleasure! You know, a compliment!!!!!