This newspaper made a most unfortunate mistake with its front page headline
Sometimes when you make a mistake in a newspaper it’s so small you can get away with it. And sometimes this happens.
Front page ready to go? You checked it?
Yeah, it’s good. @CambridgeNewsUK pic.twitter.com/YqazwkQ7ZZ— Gareth Marlow (@GarethMarlow) December 6, 2017
Oh f-ck!
Oh my goodness. That is superb. 🙂
— Robert McQueen (@ramcq) December 6, 2017
Wow. It’s real. This’ll be featured in newspaper sub-editing courses for years. And available at all good newsagents near you today, folks. pic.twitter.com/JS8YpuedVW
— Chris Rand (@ChrisRandWrites) December 6, 2017
Be fair. This works almost perfectly if the story is that a 100ft (with typo) tidal wave is surging along the path of the River Cam.
— Pilcrow + Pixel (@PilcrowPixel) December 6, 2017
We would like to sincerely apologise for the technical problem that caused the main headline to not appear on the Cambridge edition, although the correct one was printed on the Cambourne News
— Cambridge News (@CambridgeNewsUK) December 6, 2017
Well, that’s alright then.
And if you go to the website it autoplays a video which is just a black screen with the words "Video to go here" written across the front.
— Brian Harris (@harrisimo) December 6, 2017
EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! 100PT SPLASH HEADING HERE!!! pic.twitter.com/ugwHsUKNAB
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) December 6, 2017
Quite astonishing. So no revise sub, no stone sub, no proof readers, nobody who cares enough about the paper to glance at PAGE ONE before it goes out?!
— peteferg (@peteferg) December 6, 2017
All of the above. Gotta love Trinity Mirror's redundancy policy.
— Sinead Corr (@Indy_Sinead) December 6, 2017
And just in case …
Am I the only one who doesn’t understand?
— Bill Staite (@qualityvegman) December 6, 2017
They've gone to print with a 'template' headline. Essentially "insert headline here" on the front of their newspaper.
— Josh Power (@JoshWP) December 6, 2017
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